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Desulfobacter

Desulfobacter is a genus of bacteria from the family Desulfobacteraceae. Desulfobacter has the ability to oxidize acetate to CO2.

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Desulfobacter
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Desulfobacteria
Order: Desulfobacterales
Family: Desulfobacteraceae
Genus: Desulfobacter
Widdel 19811
Type species
Desulfobacter postgatei
Widdel 1981
Species

Desulfobacter is a genus of bacteria from the family Desulfobacteraceae.12 Desulfobacter has the ability to oxidize acetate to CO2.3

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)1 and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).4

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024567 120 marker proteins based GTDB 10-RS2268910
Desulfobacter

D. hydrogenophilus Widdel 1988

D. curvatus Widdel 1988

D. postgatei Widdel 1981

D. vibrioformis Lien & Beeder 1997

D. halotolerans Brandt & Ingvorsen 1998

D. latus Widdel 1988

Desulfobacter
See also

See also

References

References

  1. Desulfobacter in LPSN; Freese, H. M.; Meier-Kolthoff, J. P.; Sardà Carbasse, J.; Afolayan, A. O.; Göker, M. (29 October 2025). "TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity". Nucleic Acids Research. 53: D1–D12. doi:10.1093/nar/gkaf1110.
  2. "Taxonomy - Desulfobacter (genus)". UniProt.org.
  3. Sebald, Madaleine, ed. (1993). Genetics and Molecular Biology of Anaerobic Bacteria. New York, NY: Springer New York. ISBN 1-4615-7087-5.
  4. Schoch CL; et al. "Desulfobacter". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2025-06-05.
  5. "The LTP". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  6. "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  7. "LTP_10_2024 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  8. "GTDB release 10-RS226". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  9. "bac120_r226.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  10. "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
Further reading

Further reading

  • Brenner, Don J.; Krieg, Noel R.; Staley, James T., eds. (2005). Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology (2nd ed.). New York: Springer. ISBN 0-387-29298-5.
  • Garcia, Jean-Louis; Bruschi, Mireille; Bélaich, Jean-Pierre, eds. (1990). Microbiology and Biochemistry of Strict Anaerobes Involved in Interspecies Hydrogen Transfer. Boston, MA: Springer US. ISBN 1-4613-0613-2.
  • Atlas, Ronald M. (2010). Handbook of microbiological media (4th ed.). Washington, D.C.: Boca Raton, Fla. ISBN 978-1-4398-0408-7.
  • Riding, Robert E.; Awramik, Stanley M. (2000). Microbial sediments. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 3-662-04036-0.
  • Thamdrup, Donald E. Canfield ; Erik Kristensen ; Bo (2005). Aquatic geomicrobiology (Transferred to digital print. ed.). London [u.a.]: Elsevier Acad. Press. ISBN 0-12-158340-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Drake, Harold L., ed. (1995). Acetogenesis. Boston, MA: Springer US. ISBN 1-4615-1777-X.