Desulfotignum

Desulfotignum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Thermodesulfobacteriota
Class:	Desulfobacteria
Order:	Desulfobacterales
Family:	Desulfobacteraceae
Genus:	Desulfotignum Kuever et al. 2001 [1]
Type species
Desulfotignum balticum Kuever et al. 2001
Species
D. balticum D. phosphitoxidans D. toluenicum

Desulfotignum is a Gram-negative and strictly anaerobic bacteria with a single polar flagellum genus from the family of Desulfobacteraceae. ^{[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_08_2023 [5] [6] [7]	120 marker proteins based GTDB 10-RS226 [8] [9] [10]
Desulfotignum D. balticumKuever et al. 2001 D. phosphitoxidans Schink et al. 2002 D. toluenicumOmmedal & Torsvik 2007	Desulfotignum D. balticum D. phosphitoxidans

See also

• List of bacterial orders
• List of bacteria genera

References

1. Desulfotignum 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. "Desulfotignum". www.uniprot.org.
3. Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (2008). Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M. (eds.). "Nomenclature Abstract for Desulfotignum Kuever et al. 2001". The NamesforLife Abstracts. doi:10.1601/nm.3591.
4. Schoch CL; et al. "Desulfotignum". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2025-06-05.
5. "The LTP" . Retrieved 20 November 2023.
6. "LTP_all tree in newick format" . Retrieved 20 November 2023.
7. "LTP_08_2023 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 20 November 2023.
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

• Ommedal, H; Torsvik, T (December 2007). "Desulfotignum toluenicum sp. nov., a novel toluene-degrading, sulphate-reducing bacterium isolated from an oil-reservoir model column". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 57 (Pt 12): 2865–9. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.65067-0 . PMID   18048740.
• Schink, Bernhard; Thiemann, Volker; Laue, Heike; Friedrich, Michael (1 May 2002). "Desulfotignum phosphitoxidans sp. nov., a new marine sulfate reducer that oxidizes phosphite to phosphate". Archives of Microbiology. 177 (5): 381–391. doi:10.1007/s00203-002-0402-x. PMID   11976747.
• Könneke, M; Kuever, J; Drzyzga, O; Galushko, A (1 January 2001). "Reclassification of Desulfobacterium phenolicum as Desulfobacula phenolica comb. nov. and description of strain SaxT as Desulfotignum balticum gen. nov., sp. nov". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 51 (1): 171–177. doi: 10.1099/00207713-51-1-171 . PMID   11211256.