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. adj. rhabdoformis, rod-shaped

Pronunciation, gender: r^hab-do-FOR-mis, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 700652; DSM 8777; M16

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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. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 7 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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