Name: Desulfobulbus oligotrophicus El Houari et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.li.go.tro’phi.cus. Gr. masc. adj. oligos, little; Gr. masc. adj. trophikos, nursing, tending; N.L. masc. adj. oligotrophicus, utilizing only a few growth substrates in a mineral medium

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 103420; JCM 31535; Prop6

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KU845305 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: El Houari A, Ranchou-Peyruse M, Ranchou-Peyruse A, Dakdaki A, Guignard M, Idouhammou L, Bennisse R, Bouterfass R, Guyoneaud R, Qatibi AI. Desulfobulbus oligotrophicus sp. nov., a sulfate-reducing and propionate-oxidizing bacterium isolated from a municipal anaerobic sewage sludge digester. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:275-281.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1099-1101.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Desulfobulbus Widdel 1981

Assigned by: El Houari A, Ranchou-Peyruse M, Ranchou-Peyruse A, Dakdaki A, Guignard M, Idouhammou L, Bennisse R, Bouterfass R, Guyoneaud R, Qatibi AI. Desulfobulbus oligotrophicus sp. nov., a sulfate-reducing and propionate-oxidizing bacterium isolated from a municipal anaerobic sewage sludge digester. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:275-281.

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Record number: 795100