Desulfobacter

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

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

Phylogeny

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

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024 120 marker proteins based GTDB 10-RS226
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

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Desulfobacter in LPSN; Freese, H. M.; Meier-Kolthoff, J. P.; Sardà Carbasse, J.; Afolayan, A. O.; Göker, M. (2026). "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. 54 (D1): D884–D891. 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.

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