Desulfofrigus

Desulfofrigus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Thermodesulfobacteriota
Class:	Desulfobacteria
Order:	Desulfobacterales
Family:	Desulfolunaceae
Genus:	Desulfofrigus Knoblauch, Sahm & Jorgensen 1999 [1] [2]
Type species
Desulfofrigus oceanense Knoblauch, Sahm & Jorgensen 1999
Species
D. fragile D. oceanense

Desulfofrigus is a Gram-negative, strictly anaerobic and non-spore-forming bacteria genus from the family Desulfobacteraceae. ^{[1] [3] [4] [5]}

See also

• List of bacterial orders
• List of bacteria genera

References

1. Desulfofrigus 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. "Desulfofrigus". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2025-06-05.
3. Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (2008). Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M. (eds.). "Nomenclature Abstract for Desulfofrigus Knoblauch et al. 1999". The NamesforLife Abstracts. doi:10.1601/nm.3574.
4. "Desulfofrigus". www.uniprot.org.
5. Kuever, Jan; Rainey, Fred A.; Widdel, Friedrich (2015). Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. pp. 1–4. doi:10.1002/9781118960608.gbm01018. ISBN   9781118960608.

Further reading

• 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.