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
D. curvatus D. halotolerans D. hydrogenophilus D. latus D. postgatei "D. psychrotolerans" D. vibrioformis

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. postgateiWiddel 1981 D. vibrioformis Lien & Beeder 1997 D. halotolerans Brandt & Ingvorsen 1998 D. latus Widdel 1988	Desulfobacter D. vibrioformis D. postgatei D. curvatus D. hydrogenophilus D. latus

See also

• List of bacterial orders
• List of bacteria genera

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

• 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.
• Drake, Harold L., ed. (1995). Acetogenesis. Boston, MA: Springer US. ISBN   1-4615-1777-X.