Genus Desulfohalobium
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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).
Desulfohalobium Ollivier et al. 1991, gen. nov. (Type genus of the family ¤ Desulfohalobiaceae Kuever et al. 2006).
Type species: ¤ Desulfohalobium retbaense Ollivier et al. 1991.
Etymology: L. pref. de, from; L. n. sulfur, sulfur; N.L. pref. desulfo-, desulfuricating (prefix used to characterize a dissimilatory sulfate-reducing procaryote); Gr. n. hals halos, salt; Gr. n. bios, life; N.L. adj. halobius -a -um, living on salt; N.L. neut. n. Desulfohalobium, a sulfate-reducing, salt-requiring, rod-shaped bacterium.
Valid publication: OLLIVIER (B.), HATCHIKIAN (C.E.), PRENSIER (G.), GUEZENNEC (J.) and GARCIA (J.L.): Desulfohalobium retbaense gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium from sediments of a hypersaline lake in Senegal. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1991, 41, 74-81.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Desulfohalobium retbaense Ollivier et al. 1991, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 49708= DSM 5692 = JCM 16813.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: CP001734 (complete genome).
Etymology: N.L. neut. adj. retbaense, pertaining to Retba Lake in Senegal.
Valid publication: OLLIVIER (B.), HATCHIKIAN (C.E.), PRENSIER (G.), GUEZENNEC (J.) and GARCIA (J.L.): Desulfohalobium retbaense gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium from sediments of a hypersaline lake in Senegal. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1991, 41, 74-81.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Desulfohalobium utahense Jakobsen et al. 2006, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) EtOH3 = DSM 17720 = VKM B-2384.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: DQ067421.
Etymology: N.L. neut. adj. utahense, pertaining to the state of Utah, USA, where the type strain was first isolated.
Valid publication: JAKOBSEN (T.F.), KJELDSEN (K.U.) and INGVORSEN (K.): Desulfohalobium utahense sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from Great Salt Lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 2063-2069.
Original article in IJSEM Online