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

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Desulfobacterium phenolicum Bak and Widdel 1988

Etymology: phe.no’li.ca. N.L. gen. neut. n. phenolis, phenol; L. fem. adj. suff. -ica, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. fem. adj. phenolica, pertaining to phenol

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 43956; DSM 3384; Ph01

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ237606 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kuever J, Konneke M, Galushko A, Drzyzga O. Reclassification of Desulfobacterium phenolicum as Desulfobacula phenolica comb. nov. and description of strain SaxT as Desulfotignum balticum gen. nov., sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:171-177.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:269.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulfobacterium phenolicum Bak and Widdel 1988	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 According to the Judicial Opinion 81, Desulfobacula phenolica (Bak and Widdel 1988) Kuever et al. 2001 may be considered as an incidental mention [see Rule 28b (3)]. Publication: Judicial Commission. Judicial Opinion No. 81. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1755-1763.

Parent taxon: Desulfobacula Rabus et al. 2000

Assigned by: Kuever J, Konneke M, Galushko A, Drzyzga O. Reclassification of Desulfobacterium phenolicum as Desulfobacula phenolica comb. nov. and description of strain SaxT as Desulfotignum balticum gen. nov., sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:171-177.

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Record number: 775554