Name: "Dehalobacterium" Mägli et al. 1996

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: De.ha.lo.bac.te’ri.um. L. prep. de, from, off away; Gr. gen. masc. n. halos, salt; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. neut. n. Dehalobacterium, rod-shaped organism that dehalogenates

Gender: neuter (stem: Dehalobacteri-)

Type species: "Dehalobacterium formicoaceticum" Mägli et al. 1996

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Mägli A, Wendt M, Leisinger T. Isolation and characterization of Dehalobacterium formicoaceticum gen. nov. sp. nov., a strictly anaerobic bacterium utilizing dichloromethane as source of carbon and energy. Arch. Microbiol. 1996; 166:101-108.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family "Dehalobacteriaceae" O'Connor et al. 2014. Publication: O'Connor A, Quizon PM, Albright JE, Lin FT, Bennett BJ. Responsiveness of cardiometabolic-related microbiota to diet is influenced by host genetics. Mamm Genome 2014; 25:583-599.
  • 🧕 OConnor et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family "Dehalobacteriaceae" O'Connor et al. 2014. Publication: O'Connor A, Quizon PM, Albright JE, Lin FT, Bennett BJ. Responsiveness of cardiometabolic-related microbiota to diet is influenced by host genetics. Mamm Genome 2014; 25:583-599.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Dehlobacterium".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Dehalobacterium formicoaceticum" Mägli et al. 1996	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Peptococcaceae Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Sorokin DY, Muyzer G. Haloalkaliphilic spore-forming sulfidogens from soda lake sediments and description of Desulfitispora alkaliphila gen. nov., sp. nov. Extremophiles 2010; 14:313-320.

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