Name: Desulfobacterium phenolicum Bak and Widdel 1988

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: phen.o’li.cum. N.L. gen. neut. n. phenolis, phenol; L. neut. adj. suff. -icum, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. neut. adj. phenolicum, pertaining to phenol

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 43956; DSM 3384; Ph01

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ237606 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Bak F, Widdel F. Anaerobic degradation of phenol and phenol derivatives by Desulfobacterium phenolicum sp. nov. Arch. Microbiol. 1986; 146:177-180.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 24. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1988; 38:136-137.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Desulfobacula phenolica (Bak and Widdel 1988) Kuever et al. 2001

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulfobacula phenolica (Bak and Widdel 1988) Kuever et al. 2001	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Desulfobacterium phenolicum is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Desulfobacterium.
  • 😷 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 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Desulfobacterium Bak and Widdel 1988

Assigned by: Bak F, Widdel F. Anaerobic degradation of phenol and phenol derivatives by Desulfobacterium phenolicum sp. nov. Arch. Microbiol. 1986; 146:177-180.

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Record number: 775550