Desulfobacterium

Desulfobacterium
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Thermodesulfobacteriota
Class:	Desulfobacteria
Order:	Desulfobacterales
Family:	Desulfobacteriaceae Galushko and Kuever 2021
Genus:	Desulfobacterium Bak and Widdel 1988 [1] [2]
Type species
Desulfobacterium indolicum Bak & Widdel 1988
Species
D. autotrophicum D. catecholicum D. indolicum

Desulfobacterium is a rod-shaped bacteria genus from the family Desulfobacteriaceae. ^{[1] [3]} Desulfobacterium occur widespread in brackish and marine sediments. ^[4]

See also

• List of bacterial orders
• List of bacteria genera

References

1. Desulfobacterium 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. Schoch CL; et al. "Desulfobacterium". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2025-06-05.
3. UniProt
4. editor-in-chief, George M. Garrity (2005). Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology (2nd ed.). New York: Springer. ISBN   0-387-24145-0.{{cite book}}: |last1= has generic name (help)