Name: Desulfobacter halotolerans Brandt and Ingvorsen 1998

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ha.lo.to’le.rans. Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; L. inf. v. tolerare, to tolerate; N.L. part. adj. halotolerans, salt-tolerating

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 11383; GSL-Ac1

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: Y14745 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Brandt KK, Ingvorsen K. Desulfobacter halotolerans sp. nov., a halotolerant acetate-oxidizing sulfatereducing bacterium isolated from sediments of Great Salt Lake, Utah. Syst Appl Microbiol 1997; 20:366-373.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 64. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:327-328.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 📧 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 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Desulfobacter Widdel 1981

Assigned by: Brandt KK, Ingvorsen K. Desulfobacter halotolerans sp. nov., a halotolerant acetate-oxidizing sulfatereducing bacterium isolated from sediments of Great Salt Lake, Utah. Syst Appl Microbiol 1997; 20:366-373.

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