Desulfofaba

Desulfofaba
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Thermodesulfobacteriota
Class:	Desulfobacteria
Order:	Desulfobacterales
Family:	Desulfobacteraceae
Genus:	Desulfofaba Knoblauch et al. 1999 [1]
Type species
Desulfofaba gelida Knoblauch et al. 1999
Species [1]
D. fastidiosa D. gelida D. hansenii
Synonyms
"Desulfoliva" Galushko & Kuever 2020 DesulfomusaFinster, Thomsen & Ramsing 2001 [2] Pseudodesulfobulbus [2]

Desulfofaba is a Gram-negative, anaerobic, non-spore-forming and motile bacteria genus from the family 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]
Desulfofaba D. fastidiosa corrig. Fukui et al. 2000 D. gelida Knoblauch et al. 1999 D. hansenii (Finster, Thomsen & Ramsing 2001) Abildgaard, Ramsing & Finster 2004

See also

• List of bacterial orders
• List of bacteria genera

References

1. Desulfofaba 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. "Desulfofaba". Ebi8.uniprot.org.
3. Parker, Charles Thomas; Wigley, Sarah; Garrity, George M (2009). Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M. (eds.). "Nomenclature Abstract for Desulfofaba Knoblauch et al. 1999 emend. Abildgaard et al. 2004". The NamesforLife Abstracts. doi:10.1601/nm.3570.
4. Kuever, Jan; Rainey, Fred A.; Widdel, Friedrich (2015). Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. pp. 1–3. doi:10.1002/9781118960608.gbm01017. ISBN   9781118960608.
5. Schoch CL; et al. "Desulfofaba". 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.

Further reading

• Abildgaard, L; Ramsing, NB; Finster, K (March 2004). "Characterization of the marine propionate-degrading, sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfofaba fastidiosa sp. nov. and reclassification of Desulfomusa hansenii as Desulfofaba hansenii comb. nov". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 54 (Pt 2): 393–9. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.02820-0 . PMID   15023950.
• Knoblauch, C.; Sahm, K.; Jorgensen, B. B. (1 October 1999). "Psychrophilic sulfate-reducing bacteria isolated from permanently cold Arctic marine sediments: description of Desulfofrigus oceanense gen. nov., sp. nov., Desulfofrigus fragile sp. nov., Desulfofaba gelida gen. nov., sp. nov., Desulfotalea psychrophila gen. nov., sp. nov. and Desulfotalea arctica sp. nov". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 49 (4): 1631–1643. doi: 10.1099/00207713-49-4-1631 . PMID   10555345.