Genus Denitrobacterium
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Denitrobacterium Anderson et al. 2000, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Denitrobacterium detoxificans Anderson et al. 2000.
Etymology: L. pref. de, from; N.L. pref. nitro-, pertaining to nitrocompound; L. neut. n. bacterium, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Denitrobacterium, nitrocompound-reducing rod.
Valid publication: ANDERSON (R.C.), RASMUSSEN (M.A.), JENSEN (N.S.) and ALLISON (M.J.): Denitrobacterium detoxificans gen. nov., sp. nov., a ruminal bacterium that respires on nitrocompounds. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 633-638.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Denitrobacterium detoxificans Anderson et al. 2000, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) NPOH1 = ATCC 700546= CCUG 56741.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: U43492.
Etymology: L. pref. de, from; L. n. toxicum, poison; N.L. n. detoxificans (sic), intended to mean poison-reducer.
Valid publication: ANDERSON (R.C.), RASMUSSEN (M.A.), JENSEN (N.S.) and ALLISON (M.J.): Denitrobacterium detoxificans gen. nov., sp. nov., a ruminal bacterium that respires on nitrocompounds. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 633-638.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: The strain ATCC 700546is no longer listed by the ATCC in their on line catalogue (August 2008).