Name: Desulfobulbus rhabdoformis Lien et al. 1998

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: rhab.do.for’mis. Gr. fem. n. rhabdos, rod; L. masc./fem. adj. suff. -formis, like, of the shape of; N.L. masc./fem. adj. rhabdoformis, rod-shaped

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 700652; DSM 8777; M16

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MK784973 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lien T, Madsen M, Steen IH, Gjerdevik K. Desulfobulbus rhabdoformis sp. nov., a sulfate reducer from a water-oil separation system. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:469-474.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:633-634.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Desulfobulbus Widdel 1981

Assigned by: Lien T, Madsen M, Steen IH, Gjerdevik K. Desulfobulbus rhabdoformis sp. nov., a sulfate reducer from a water-oil separation system. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:469-474.

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Record number: 775561