Name: Desulfobacteraceae Kuever et al. 2006

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: De.sul.fo.bac.te.ra’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Desulfobacter, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Desulfobacteraceae, the Desulfobacter family

Pronunciation, gender: de-sul-fo-bak-te-RA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Desulfobacter Widdel 1981

Effective publication: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Family I. Desulfobacteraceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 959-960.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 107. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulfofabaceae Galushko and Kuever 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Desulforegulaceae Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Desulfolunaceae Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned the genus Desulfobacterium Bak and Widdel 1988 to this family. Publication: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Family I. Desulfobacteraceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 959-960.
  • 🧒 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned the genus Desulfococcus Widdel 1981 to this family. Publication: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Family I. Desulfobacteraceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 959-960.
  • 🧒 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned the genus Desulfonema Widdel 1981 to this family. Publication: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Family I. Desulfobacteraceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 959-960.
  • 🧒 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned the genus Desulfosarcina Widdel 1981 to this family. Publication: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Family I. Desulfobacteraceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 959-960.
  • 🧒 Kjeldsen et al. (2010) assigned the genus Desulfosalsimonas Kjeldsen et al. 2010 to this family. Publication: Kjeldsen KU, Jakobsen TF, Glastrup J, Ingvorsen K. Desulfosalsimonas propionicica gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic, sulfate-reducing member of the family Desulfobacteraceae isolated from a salt-lake sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1060-1065.
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Abildgaard et al. (2004), Galushko and Kuever (2020). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 37; ATCC: 16; JCM: 10; B: 2; VKM: 2; UQM: 1; CIP: 1; OCM: 1; UNIQEM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 14
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 15
Total number of child taxa: 22

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Desulfamplus" Lefèvre et al. 2011	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Desulfamplus" Descamps et al. 2017	not validly published	synonym
    "Candidatus Desulfarcum" Monteil et al. 2019	not validly published	preferred name
    Desulfatiferula Cravo-Laureau et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Desulfobacter" Widdel and Pfennig 1981	not validly published	synonym
    Desulfobacter Widdel 1981	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfobacula Rabus et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfobotulus Kuever et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfocella Brandt et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfocicer Galushko and Kuever 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfoconvexum Könneke et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfofaba Knoblauch et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfofrigus Knoblauch et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfoluna Suzuki et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfomusa Finster et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulforapulum Galushko and Kuever 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulforegula Rees and Patel 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Desulfosalina" Sorokin et al. 2008	not validly published	preferred name
    Desulfospira Finster et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfotignum Kuever et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Magnetananas" Chen et al. 2015	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Magnetoglobus" Abreu et al. 2007	not validly published	pro-correct name

Parent taxon: Desulfobacterales Kuever et al. 2006

Assigned by: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Order III. Desulfobacterales ord. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 959.

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