Desulfococcus

Desulfococcus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Thermodesulfobacteriota
Class: Desulfobacteria
Order: Desulfobacterales
Family: Desulfococcaceae
Genus: Desulfococcus
Widdel 1981
Type species
Desulfococcus multivorans
Widdel 1981
Species

Desulfococcus is a Gram-negative, anaerobic and motile bacteria genus from the family Desulfococcaceae.

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
Desulfococcus

D. biacutus Platen et al. 1991

D. multivorans Widdel 1981
Desulfococcus

D. multivorans

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Desulfococcus 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. ↑ "Desulfococcus oleovorans". Ebi8.uniprot.org.
  3. ↑ "Desulfococcus". Ebi8.uniprot.org.
  4. ↑ "Desulfococcus". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ↑ Schoch CL; et al. "Desulfococcus". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2025-06-05.
  6. ↑ "The LTP". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  7. ↑ "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  8. ↑ "LTP_10_2024 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  9. ↑ "GTDB release 10-RS226". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  10. ↑ "bac120_r226.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  11. ↑ "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.

Further reading