Genus Desulfocella
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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).
Desulfocella Brandt et al. 1999, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Desulfocella halophila Brandt et al. 1999.
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. n. cella, a store-room, a chamber, and in biology a cell; N.L. fem. n. Desulfocella, sulfate-reducing cell.
Valid publication: BRANDT (K.K.), PATEL (B.K.C.) and INGVORSEN (K.): Desulfocella halophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic, fatty-acid-oxidizing, sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from sediments of the Great Salt Lake. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 193-200.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Desulfocella halophila Brandt et al. 1999, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) GSL-But2 = ATCC 700426= CIP 106097 = DSM 11763.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF022936.
Etymology: Gr. n. hals halos, salt; N.L. fem. adj. phila (from Gr. fem. adj. philê), friend, loving; N.L. fem. adj. halophila, salt-loving
Reference: BRANDT (K.K.), PATEL (B.K.C.) and INGVORSEN (K.): Desulfocella halophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic, fatty-acid-oxidizing, sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from sediments of the Great Salt Lake. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 193-200.
Original article in IJSEM Online