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Taxon: Genus Desulfotomaculum Campbell and Postgate 1965 (Approved Lists 1980) (prokaryote)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Bacillati - (Phylum) Bacillota - (Class) Clostridia - (Order) Eubacteriales - (Family) Peptococcaceae

Subsequent positions

Thiopneutes (Phylum) Margulis and Schwartz 1982 nom. ined. Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 36. [assumed]

Current position

Peptococcaceae (Family) Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980) Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2007: 298; LPSN[1 Jan 2026].

Alternative positions

Endospore-forming rods and cocci ([unranked]) Ref: J.O. Corliss, 1982: 36.
Thiopneutes (Phylum) Margulis and Schwartz 1982 nom. ined. Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 36. [rough position]

Historical positions

Peptococcaceae (Family) Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980) Ref: J.P. Euzéby, 2016: [9 Sep 2017]. [available name]
Peptococcaceae (Family) Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980) Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2007: 298.
Peptococcaceae (Family) Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980) Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2001b: 17.
Peptococcaceae (Family) Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980) Ref: G.M. Garrity & J.G. Holt, 2001a: 162.
Proteobacteria (Phylum) Garrity and Holt 2001 nom. nud. Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 68, 71. [rough position]
Thiopneutes (Phylum) Margulis and Schwartz 1982 nom. ined. Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 36. [rough position]
Endospore-forming rods and cocci ([unranked]) Ref: J.O. Corliss, 1982: 36.

Number of Subtaxa

2026 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 29s;2ss
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 19 Nov 2014 [29s;2ss]
2007 G.M. Garrity et al. [23s;2ss]
1982 L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz 3s
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