Name: Desulfobacca acetoxidans Oude Elferink et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.cet.o’xi.dans. L. neut. n. acetum, vinegar; N.L. v. oxido, to oxidize; from Gr. masc. adj. oxys, acid or sour and in combined words indicating oxygen; N.L. part. adj. acetoxidans, acetate-oxidizing

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ASRB2; ATCC 700848; DSM 11109

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16S rRNA gene: AF002671 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Oude Elferink SJ, Akkermans-van Vliet WM, Bogte JJ, Stams AJ. Desulfobacca acetoxidans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel acetate-degrading sulfate reducer isolated from sulfidogenic granular sludge. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:345-350.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:937-939.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Desulfobacca Oude Elferink et al. 1999. Publication: Oude Elferink SJ, Akkermans-van Vliet WM, Bogte JJ, Stams AJ. Desulfobacca acetoxidans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel acetate-degrading sulfate reducer isolated from sulfidogenic granular sludge. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:345-350.
  • 📧 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 = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 7 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Goker M, Teshima H, Lapidus A, Nolan M, Lucas S, Hammon N, Deshpande S, Cheng JF, Tapia R, Han C, et al. Complete genome sequence of the acetate-degrading sulfate reducer Desulfobacca acetoxidans type strain (ASRB2). Stand Genomic Sci 2011; 4:393-401.

Parent taxon: Desulfobacca Oude Elferink et al. 1999

Assigned by: Oude Elferink SJ, Akkermans-van Vliet WM, Bogte JJ, Stams AJ. Desulfobacca acetoxidans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel acetate-degrading sulfate reducer isolated from sulfidogenic granular sludge. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:345-350.

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