Name: Desulfitobacterium hafniense Christiansen and Ahring 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: haf.ni.en’se. M.L. neut. adj. hafniense, pertaining to Hafnia, which was the medieval name of Kjoebenhavn (Copenhagen), the capital of Denmark

Pronunciation, gender: haf-ni-EN-se, neuter

Type strain: DCB-2; DSM 10664; NCIMB 13714

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16S rRNA gene: AF403181 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Christiansen N, Ahring BK. Desulfitobacterium hafniense sp. nov., an anaerobic, reductively dechlorinating bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1996; 46:442-448.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:838.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulfitobacterium frappieri Bouchard et al. 1996	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Niggemyer et al. 2001 Niggemyer A, Spring S, Stackebrandt E, Rosenzweig RF. Isolation and characterization of a novel As(V)-reducing bacterium: implications for arsenic mobilization and the genus Desulfitobacterium. Appl Environ Microbiol 2001; 67:5568-5580. Euzeby JP. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 2. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1403-1404.
    Notes:
    • 🫂 Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the species.

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Niggemyer et al. (2001), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Desulfitobacterium frappieri Bouchard et al. 1996. Publication: Niggemyer A, Spring S, Stackebrandt E, Rosenzweig RF. Isolation and characterization of a novel As(V)-reducing bacterium: implications for arsenic mobilization and the genus Desulfitobacterium. Appl Environ Microbiol 2001; 67:5568-5580.
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 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". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 125 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Desulfitobacterium Utkin et al. 1994

Assigned by: Christiansen N, Ahring BK. Desulfitobacterium hafniense sp. nov., an anaerobic, reductively dechlorinating bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1996; 46:442-448.

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