Name: Desulfobulbaceae Kuever et al. 2006

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: De.sul.fo.bul.ba’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Desulfobulbus, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Desulfobulbaceae, the Desulfobulbus family

Pronunciation, gender: de-sul-fo-bul-BA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Desulfobulbus Widdel 1981

Effective publication: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Family II. Desulfobulbaceae 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. 988. 🇺🇸

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

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this family to the order Desulfobacterales Kuever et al. 2006. Publication: 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. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned the genus Desulfocapsa Janssen et al. 1997 to this family. Publication: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Family II. Desulfobulbaceae 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. 988. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned the genus Desulfofustis Friedrich et al. 1996 to this family. Publication: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Family II. Desulfobulbaceae 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. 988. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned the genus Desulforhopalus Isaksen and Teske 1999 to this family. Publication: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Family II. Desulfobulbaceae 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. 988. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned the genus Desulfotalea Knoblauch et al. 1999 to this family. Publication: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Family II. Desulfobulbaceae 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. 988. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Gittel et al. (2010) assigned the genus Desulfopila Suzuki et al. 2007 to this family. Publication: Gittel A, Seidel M, Kuever J, Galushko AS, Cypionka H, Konneke M. Desulfopila inferna sp. nov., a sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from the subsurface of a tidal sand-flat. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1626-1630. 🇩🇰
  • 🧒 Junghare and Schink (2015) assigned the genus Desulfoprunum Junghare and Schink 2015 to this family. Publication: Junghare M, Schink B. Desulfoprunum benzoelyticum gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gram-stain-negative, benzoate-degrading, sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from a wastewater treatment plant. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:77-84. 🇩🇪
  • 🧒 Pagani et al. (2011) assigned the genus Desulfurivibrio Sorokin et al. 2008 to this family. Publication: Pagani I, Lapidus A, Nolan M, Lucas S, Hammon N, Deshpande S, Cheng JF, Chertkov O, Davenport K, Tapia R, et al. Complete genome sequence of Desulfobulbus propionicus type strain (1pr3). Stand Genomic Sci 2011; 4:100-110. 🇩🇪
  • 🧒 Parte et al. (2020) assigned the genus "Desulfosediminicola" to this family. Publication: Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612. 🇩🇪
  • 🧒 Van Vliet et al. (2021) assigned the genus "Candidatus Desulfatifera" Van Vliet et al. 2021 to this family. Publication: van Vliet DM, von Meijenfeldt FAB, Dutilh BE, Villanueva L, Sinninghe Damste JS, Stams AJM, Sanchez-Andrea I. The bacterial sulfur cycle in expanding dysoxic and euxinic marine waters. Environ Microbiol 2021; 23:2834-2857. 🇳🇱
  • 🧒 Van Vliet et al. (2021) assigned the genus "Candidatus Desulfobia" Van Vliet et al. 2021 to this family. Publication: van Vliet DM, von Meijenfeldt FAB, Dutilh BE, Villanueva L, Sinninghe Damste JS, Stams AJM, Sanchez-Andrea I. The bacterial sulfur cycle in expanding dysoxic and euxinic marine waters. Environ Microbiol 2021; 23:2834-2857. 🇳🇱
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Desulforbulbaceae"; "Desulfubulbaceae".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Hashimoto et al. (2022). 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: 16; JCM: 11; ATCC: 5; VKM: 2; UNIQEM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 7

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Desulfobulbus" Boone and Bryant 1980	not validly published	synonym
    Desulfobulbus Widdel 1981	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfogranum Galushko and Kuever 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfolithobacter Hashimoto et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfomarina Hashimoto et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Electronema" Trojan et al. 2016	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Electrothrix" Trojan et al. 2016	not validly published	pro-correct name

Parent taxon: Desulfobulbales Waite et al. 2020

Assigned by: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016. 🇳🇿

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