Desulfobotulus

Desulfobotulus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Thermodesulfobacteriota
Class:	Desulfobacteria
Order:	Desulfobacterales
Family:	Desulfobacteraceae
Genus:	Desulfobotulus Kuever et al. 2009 [1]
Type species
Desulfobotulus sapovorans (Widdel 1981) Kuever, Rainey & Widdel 2009
Species
D. alkaliphilus D. mexicanus D. pelophilus D. sapovorans

Desulfobotulus is a Gram-negative, anaerobic, non-spore-forming and motile bacteria genus from the family of Desulfobacteraceae. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

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). ^[5]

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024 [6] [7] [8]	120 marker proteins based GTDB 10-RS226 [9] [10] [11]
Desulfobotulus D. sapovorans (Widdel 1981) Kuever, Rainey & Widdel 2009 D. alkaliphilus Sorokin et al. 2010 D. mexicanusPérez-Bernal et al. 2020 D. pelophilusFrolova et al. 2024	Desulfobotulus D. pelophilus D. alkaliphilus D. mexicanus

See also

• List of bacterial orders
• List of bacteria genera

References

1. Desulfobotulus 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. "Desulfobotulus". Ebi8.uniprot.org.
3. Parker, Charles Thomas; Wigley, Sarah; Garrity, George M (2009). Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (eds.). "Nomenclature Abstract for Desulfobotulus Kuever et al. 2009". The NamesforLife Abstracts. doi:10.1601/nm.3563.
4. Whitman, William B., ed. (2015-09-14). Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (1 ed.). Wiley. doi:10.1002/9781118960608.gbm01014.pub2. ISBN   978-1-118-96060-8.
5. Schoch CL; et al. "Desulfobotulus". 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

• Sorokin, D. Y.; Detkova, E. N.; Muyzer, G. (4 November 2009). "Propionate and butyrate dependent bacterial sulfate reduction at extremely haloalkaline conditions and description of Desulfobotulus alkaliphilus sp. nov". Extremophiles. 14 (1): 71–77. doi:10.1007/s00792-009-0288-5. PMC   2797415 . PMID   19888546.