Name: Desulfobacter curvatus Widdel 1988

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cur.va’tus. L. masc. part. adj. curvatus, curved, bent

Pronunciation, gender: kur-WA-tus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 43919; DSM 3379; Strain AcRM3

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF418175 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Widdel F. New types of acetate-oxidizing sulfate-reducing Desulfobacter species, D. hydrogenophilus sp. nov., D. latus sp. nov. and D. curvatus sp. nov. Arch. Microbiol. 1987; 148:286-291.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 26. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1988; 38:328-329.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.21700 (N = 8).
  • 😷 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. — 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.
  • 🧍 Desulfobacter giganteus Esnault et al. 1988 appears in Validation List no. 26. However, Desulfobacter giganteus Esnault et al. 1988 should read Desulfovibrio giganteus Esnault et al. 1988. Publication: Euzeby JP, Kudo T. Corrigenda to the validation lists. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1933-1938.

Parent taxon: Desulfobacter Widdel 1981

Assigned by: Widdel F. New types of acetate-oxidizing sulfate-reducing Desulfobacter species, D. hydrogenophilus sp. nov., D. latus sp. nov. and D. curvatus sp. nov. Arch. Microbiol. 1987; 148:286-291.

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