Name: Desulfitobacterium Utkin et al. 1994

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: De.sul.fi.to.bac.te’ri.um. L. prep. de, from, off, away; N.L. n. sulfis -itis, sulfite; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, rod; N.L. neut. n. Desulfitobacterium, rod-shaped bacterium that reduces sulfite

Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Desulfitobacteri-), de-sul-fi-to-bak-TE-ri-um

Type species: Desulfitobacterium dehalogenans Utkin et al. 1994

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Utkin I, Woese C, Wiegel J. Isolation and characterization of Desulfitobacterium dehalogenans gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic bacterium which reductively dechlorinates chlorophenolic compounds. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:612-619.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 44, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:199-200.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the class Desulfitobacteriia Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Desulfitobacteriaceae Stackebrandt 2020. Publication: Stackebrandt E. The emended family Peptococcaceae and description of the families Desulfitobacteriaceae, Desulfotomaculaceae, and Thermincolaceae. In: Rosenberg E, DeLong E, Lory S, Stacke- brandt E, Thompson F (eds), The Prokaryotes., Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg, 2014, p. 286-290.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Desulfitobacteriales Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
  • 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the class Desulfitobacteriia Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
  • 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the order Desulfitobacteriales Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
  • 🧕 De Vos et al. (2009) assigned this genus to the family Peptococcaceae Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Class I. Bacilli class nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 19-20.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Delfitobacterium"; "Desfulfitobacterium"; "Deslufitobacterium"; "Desufjitobacterium"; "Desulfitibacterium"; "Desulfitobacirrium"; "Desulfitobactenum"; "Desulfitobacterzum"; "Desulfitohacterium"; "Desulflobacten"; "Desulflobacterium"; "Desuljitobacterium"; "Desultitobacterium"; "Deszilftobacterium". — 🤨 This taxon name is occasionally used in plural form as: "Desulfitobacteria".
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 6; ATCC: 4; JCM: 1; LMG: 1; NCIMB: 1.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 6
Total number of child taxa: 8

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Desulfitobacterium aromaticivorans Kunapuli et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfitobacterium chlororespirans Sanford et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfitobacterium dehalogenans Utkin et al. 1994	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Desulfitobacterium dichloroeliminans" De Wildeman et al. 2003	not validly published	preferred name
    "Desulfitobacterium elongatum" Bhattacharjee et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name
    Desulfitobacterium frappieri Bouchard et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfitobacterium hafniense Christiansen and Ahring 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfitobacterium metallireducens Finneran et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Desulfitobacteriaceae Stackebrandt 2020

Assigned by: Stackebrandt E. The emended family Peptococcaceae and description of the families Desulfitobacteriaceae, Desulfotomaculaceae, and Thermincolaceae. In: Rosenberg E, DeLong E, Lory S, Stacke- brandt E, Thompson F (eds), The Prokaryotes., Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg, 2014, p. 286-290.

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