Desulfococcus

Desulfococcus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Thermodesulfobacteriota
Class:	Desulfobacteria
Order:	Desulfobacterales
Family:	Desulfococcaceae
Genus:	Desulfococcus Widdel 1981 [1]
Type species
Desulfococcus multivorans Widdel 1981
Species
D. biacutus D. multivorans " D. oleovorans " [2]

Desulfococcus is a Gram-negative, anaerobic and motile bacteria genus from the family Desulfococcaceae. ^{[1] [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]
Desulfococcus D. biacutus Platen et al. 1991 D. multivorans Widdel 1981	Desulfococcus D. multivorans

See also

• List of bacterial orders
• List of bacteria genera

References

1. Desulfococcus 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. "Desulfococcus oleovorans". Ebi8.uniprot.org.
3. "Desulfococcus". Ebi8.uniprot.org.
4. "Desulfococcus".{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
5. Schoch CL; et al. "Desulfococcus". 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

• Almstrand, Robert; Pinto, Ameet J.; Figueroa, Linda A.; Sharp, Jonathan O. (14 January 2016). "Draft Genome Sequence of a Novel Desulfobacteraceae Member from a Sulfate-Reducing Bioreactor Metagenome". Genome Announcements. 4 (1): e01540–15. doi:10.1128/genomeA.01540-15. PMC   4714113 . PMID   26769931.

External links

• Desulfococcus at MicrobeWiki