Name: Desulfobacterium Bak and Widdel 1988

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: De.sul.fo.bac.te’ri.um. L. prep. de, from; L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S); N.L. pref. desulfo-, desulfuricating (prefix used to characterize a dissimilatory sulfate-reducing procaryote) (in compound words); N.L. neut. n. bacterium, a rod; N.L. neut. n. Desulfobacterium, a rod-shaped sulfate reducer

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Desulfobacteri-), de-sul-fo-bak-TE-ri-um

Type species: Desulfobacterium indolicum Bak and Widdel 1988

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Bak F, Widdel F. Anaerobic degradation of indolic compounds by sulfate-reducing enrichment cultures, and description of Desulfobacterium indolicum gen. nov., sp. nov. Arch. Microbiol. 1986; 146:170-176.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 24. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1988; 38:136-137.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Desulfobacteriaceae Galushko and Kuever 2021. Publication: Galushko A, Kuever J. Desulfobacteriaceae fam. nov. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2020, p. 1-3. 🇩🇪
  • 🧕 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Desulfobacteraceae Kuever et al. 2006. 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. 🇺🇸
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned this genus to the class Deltabacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76. 🇬🇧
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Desuffobacterium"; "Desufobacterium"; "Desugtobacterium"; "Desuifobacterium"; "Desulfobackevium"; "Desulfobacteirum"; "Desulfobactenum"; "Desulfobacterlum"; "Desulfobactertum"; "Desulfobactetjum"; "Desulfobaeterium"; "Desulfohacterium"; "Desulfotobacterium".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Szewzyk and Pfennig (1987), 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: 9; ATCC: 5; JCM: 4; VKM: 3.
  • 😷 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.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "DSBM" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.
  • 🧍 In 1987, Brysch et al. also propose the new genus "Desulfobacterium" with Desulfobacterium autotrophicum as the type species. In agreement with the Rules of the Bacteriological Code (1990 Revision), "Desulfobacterium" Brysch et al. does not appear in a Validation List, and this name is not validly published. Only the name Desulfobacterium autotrophicum Brysch et al. 1988 appears in Validation List 26. Publication: Brysch K, Schneider C, Fuchs G, Widdell F. Lithoautotrophic growth of sulfate-reducing bacteria, and description of Desulfobacterium autotrophicum gen. nov., sp. nov. Arch. Microbiol. 1987; 148:264-274.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 9
Total number of child taxa: 11

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Desulfobacterium anilini Schnell et al. 1990	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfobacterium autotrophicum Brysch et al. 1988	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfobacterium catecholicum Szewzyk and Pfennig 1988	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfobacterium cetonicum Galushko and Rozanova 1994	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Desulfobacterium corrodens" Gittel et al. 2010	not validly published	preferred name
    Desulfobacterium indolicum Bak and Widdel 1988	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfobacterium macestii Gogotova and Vainstein 1989	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfobacterium niacini Kuever et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Desulfobacterium oleovorans" Aeckersberg et al. 1991	not validly published	preferred name
    Desulfobacterium phenolicum Bak and Widdel 1988	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfobacterium vacuolatum Kuever et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Desulfobacteriaceae Galushko and Kuever 2021

Assigned by: Galushko A, Kuever J. Desulfobacteriaceae fam. nov. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2020, p. 1-3. 🇩🇪

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