Desulfohalotomaculum Watanabe et al. 2018
General information
Name
Desulfohalotomaculum
Valid publication
2018
Nomenclature type
Desulfohalotomaculum halophilum
Etymology
L. pref. <i>de</i>, from; L. n. <i>sulfur</i>, sulfur; Gr. n. <i>hals</i>, the sea, salt; L. neut. n. <i>tomaculum</i>, sausage; N.L. neut. n. <i>Desulfohalotomaculum</i> a sausage-shaped, salt-requiring, sulfate reducer.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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Cells are spore-forming, rod- or vibrio-shaped and strictly anaerobic. NaCl is required for growth. Sulfate, thiosulfate and sulfite serve as electron acceptors, but elemental sulfur and nitrate are not used.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
---|---|---|---|
M021702011119002 | Desulfohalotomaculum alkaliphilum | Species | 105483 |
M021702011119001 | Desulfohalotomaculum halophilum | Species | 57172 |
M021702011119003 | Desulfohalotomaculum peckii | Species | 1236215 |
M021702011119004 | Desulfohalotomaculum tongense | Species | 1216062 |
References
1
Tardy-Jacquenod, C., Magot, M., Patel, B.K., Matheron, R., and Caumette, P. Desulfotomaculum halophilum sp. nov., a halophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from oil production facilities. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1998) 48:333-338.[DOI:10.1099/00207713-48-2-333]
[PMID:9731271]
2
Watanabe, M., Kojima, H., and Fukui, M. Review of Desulfotomaculum species and proposal of the genera Desulfallas gen. nov., Desulfofundulus gen. nov., Desulfofarcimen gen. nov. and Desulfohalotomaculum gen. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2018) 2891-2899.[DOI:10.1099/ijsem.0.002915]
[PMID:30028279]