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Genus Desulfobacula

Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (→) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).

Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 2
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).

 

Desulfobacula Rabus et al. 2000, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Desulfobacula toluolica Rabus et al. 2000.
Etymology: L. pref. de, from; L. n. sulfur, sulfur; N.L. pref. desulfo-, desulfuricating (prefix used to characterize a dissimilatory sulfate-reducing procaryote); L. fem. dim. n. bacula, a small berry; N.L. fem. n. Desulfobacula, sulfate-reducing small berry.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 75. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 1415-1417.
Effective publication: RABUS (R.), NORDHAUS (R.), LUDWIG (W.) and WIDDEL (F.): Complete oxidation of toluene under strictly anoxic conditions by a new sulfate-reducing bacterium. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 1993, 59, 1444-1451.
Validation List no. 75 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online

→ Desulfobacula Rabus et al. 2000 emend. Kuever et al. 2001.
Reference: KUEVER (J.), KÖNNEKE (M.), GALUSHKO (A.) and DRZYZGA (O.): Reclassification of Desulfobacterium phenolicum as Desulfobacula phenolica comb. nov. and description of strain SaxT as Desulfotignum balticum gen. nov., sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2001, 51, 171-177.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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Desulfobacula phenolica (Bak and Widdel 1988) Kuever et al. 2001, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Ph01 = ATCC 43956= DSM 3384.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ237606.
Basonym: ¤ Desulfobacterium phenolicum Bak and Widdel 1988.
Etymology: N.L. n. phenol -olis, phenol; L. fem. suff. -ica, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. fem. adj. phenolica, pertaining to phenol.
Valid publication: KUEVER (J.), KÖNNEKE (M.), GALUSHKO (A.) and DRZYZGA (O.): Reclassification of Desulfobacterium phenolicum as Desulfobacula phenolica comb. nov. and description of strain SaxT as Desulfotignum balticum gen. nov., sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2001, 51, 171-177.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: According to the Judicial Opinion 81, Desulfobacula phenolica (Bak and Widdel 1988) Kuever et al. 2001 may be considered as an incidental mention [see Rule 28b (3)].
Reference: JUDICIAL COMMISSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE ON SYSTEMATICS OF PROKARYOTES: Status of strains that contravene Rules 27 (3) and 30 of the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria. Opinion 81. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 1755-1763.
Opinion 81 in IJSEM Online

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Desulfobacula toluolica Rabus et al. 2000, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Tol2 = DSM 7467.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ441316.
Etymology: N.L. n. toluol (from Fr. or Sp. tolu, balsam from Santiago de Tolu), toluol, toluene; L. fem. suff. -ica, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. fem. adj. toluolica, pertaining to toluene.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 75. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 1415-1417.
Effective publication: RABUS (R.), NORDHAUS (R.), LUDWIG (W.) and WIDDEL (F.): Complete oxidation of toluene under strictly anoxic conditions by a new sulfate-reducing bacterium. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 1993, 59, 1444-1451.
Validation List no. 75 in IJSEM Online- Effective publication Online

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