Desulfacinum

Desulfacinum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Thermodesulfobacteriota
Class:	Syntrophobacteria
Order:	Syntrophobacterales
Family:	Syntrophobacteraceae
Genus:	Desulfacinum Rees et al. 1995 [1]
Type species
Desulfacinum infernum Rees et al. 1995
Species [1]
D. hydrothermale D. infernum "D. subterraneum"
Synonyms [2]
Desulfoacinum

Desulfacinum is an acetate-oxidizing bacteria genus from the family Syntrophobacteraceae. ^{[1] [2] [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]
Desulfacinum D. hydrothermale Sievert & Kuever 2000 D. infernum Rees et al. 1995	Desulfacinum D. hydrothermale D. infernum

See also

• List of bacterial orders
• List of bacteria genera

References

1. Desulfacinum 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. UniProt
3. Stetzenbach, Linda D.; Yates, Marylynn V. (2003). The dictionary of environmental microbiology (1st ed.). Amsterdam [u.a.]: Academic Press. ISBN   0-12-668000-0.
4. Schoch CL; et al. "Desulfacinum". 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

• Sievert, SM; Kuever, J (May 2000). "Desulfacinum hydrothermale sp. nov., a thermophilic, sulfate-reducing bacterium from geothermally heated sediments near Milos Island (Greece)". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 50 Pt 3 (3): 1239–46. doi: 10.1099/00207713-50-3-1239 . PMID   10843068.