Desulfobacter

Desulfobacter
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Thermodesulfobacteriota
Class: Desulfobacteria
Order: Desulfobacterales
Family: Desulfobacteraceae
Genus: Desulfobacter
Widdel 1981[1]
Type species
Desulfobacter postgatei
Widdel 1981
Species

Desulfobacter is a genus of bacteria from the family Desulfobacteraceae.[1][2] 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_2024[5][6][7] 120 marker proteins based GTDB 10-RS226[8][9][10]
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. ^ a b c 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

  • 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.