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

Gender: neuter

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

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 121 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

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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