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Genus "Desulfobacter"
Name: "Desulfobacter" Widdel and Pfennig 1981
Etymology: De.sul.fo.bac’ter. L. prep. de, from; L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S); N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; from N.L. neut. pl. n. bacteria, rod or staff; N.L. masc. n. Desulfobacter, a rod-shaped sulfate reducer
Gender: masculine (stem: Desulfobacter-)
Original publication:
Widdel F, Pfennig N. Studies on dissimilatory sulfate-reducing bacteria that decompose fatty acids. I. Isolation of new sulfate-reducing bacteria enriched with acetate from saline environments. Description of Desulfobacter postgatei gen. nov., sp. nov. Arch Microbiol 1981; 129:395-400. 
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)
Correct name: Desulfobacter Widdel 1981
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Desulfobacter Widdel 1981 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Desulfobarter"; "Desullobacter".
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1.
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Desulfobacter psychrotolerans" Tarpgaard et al. 2006 not validly published preferred name (not correct name)
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Parent taxon: Desulfobacteraceae Kuever et al. 2006
Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — 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.
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Record number: 17812
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