Desulfoluna

Desulfoluna
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Thermodesulfobacteriota
Class:	Desulfobacteria
Order:	Desulfobacterales
Family:	Desulfolunaceae
Genus:	Desulfoluna Suzuki et al. 2008 [1]
Type species
Desulfoluna butyratoxydans Suzuki et al. 2008
Species
D. butyratoxydans "D. limicola" D. spongiiphila

Desulfoluna is a bacteria genus from the order Desulfobacterales. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

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). ^[4]

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024 [5] [6] [7]	120 marker proteins based GTDB 10-RS226 [8] [9] [10]
Desulfoluna D. butyratoxydans D. spongiiphila	Desulfoluna "D. limicola" Watanabe et al. 2022 D. butyratoxydansSuzuki et al. 2008 D. spongiiphilaAhn, Kerkhof & Häggblom 2009

See also

• List of bacterial orders
• List of bacteria genera

References

1. Desulfoluna 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. "Desulfoluna". www.uniprot.org.
3. Parker, Charles Thomas; Wigley, Sarah; Garrity, George M (2009). "Nomenclature Abstract for Desulfoluna Suzuki et al. 2008". The NamesforLife Abstracts. doi:10.1601/nm.13079.
4. Schoch CL; et al. "Desulfoluna". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2025-06-05.
5. "The LTP" . Retrieved 10 December 2024.
6. "LTP_all tree in newick format" . Retrieved 10 December 2024.
7. "LTP_10_2024 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
8. "GTDB release 10-RS226". Genome Taxonomy Database . Retrieved 1 May 2025.
9. "bac120_r226.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database . Retrieved 1 May 2025.
10. "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database . Retrieved 1 May 2025.

Further reading

• Peng, P.; Goris, T.; Lu, Y.; Nijsse, B.; Burrichter, A.; Schleheck, D.; Koehorst, J. J.; Liu, J.; Sipkema, D.; Sinninghe Damste, J. S.; Stams AJM; Häggblom, M. M.; Smidt, H.; Atashgahi, S. (2020). "Organohalide-respiring Desulfoluna species isolated from marine environments". The ISME Journal. 14 (3): 815–827. doi:10.1038/s41396-019-0573-y. PMC   7031245 . PMID   31896791.
• Ahn, Y.-B.; Kerkhof, L. J.; Haggblom, M. M. (15 July 2009). "Desulfoluna spongiiphila sp. nov., a dehalogenating bacterium in the Desulfobacteraceae from the marine sponge Aplysina aerophoba". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 59 (9): 2133–2139. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.005884-0 . PMID   19605712.
• Suzuki, D.; Ueki, A.; Amaishi, A.; Ueki, K. (1 April 2008). "Desulfoluna butyratoxydans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel Gram-negative, butyrate-oxidizing, sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from an estuarine sediment in Japan". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 58 (4): 826–832. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.65306-0 . PMID   18398177.