Name: Desulfitobacterium Utkin et al. 1994
Etymology: De.sul.fi.to.bac.te.ri.um. L. prep. de, from, off, away; N.L. n. sulfis -itis, sulfite; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, rod; N.L. neut. n. Desulfitobacterium, rod-shaped bacterium that reduces sulfite
Gender: neuter (stem: Desulfitobacteri-)
Type species: Desulfitobacterium dehalogenans Utkin et al. 1994
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication: Utkin I, Woese C, Wiegel J. Isolation and characterization of Desulfitobacterium dehalogenans gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic bacterium which reductively dechlorinates chlorophenolic compounds. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:612-619.
IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 44, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:199-200.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 6
Total number of child taxa: 7
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Desulfitobacterium aromaticivorans Kunapuli et al. 2010 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Desulfitobacterium chlororespirans Sanford et al. 2001 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Desulfitobacterium dehalogenans Utkin et al. 1994 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Desulfitobacterium dichloroeliminans" De Wildeman et al. 2003 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
Desulfitobacterium frappieri Bouchard et al. 1996 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Desulfitobacterium hafniense Christiansen and Ahring 1996 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Desulfitobacterium metallireducens Finneran et al. 2002 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Parent taxon: Desulfitobacteriaceae Stackebrandt 2020
Assigned by: Stackebrandt E. The emended family Peptococcaceae and description of the families Desulfitobacteriaceae, Desulfotomaculaceae, and Thermincolaceae. In: Rosenberg E, DeLong E, Lory S, Stacke- brandt E, Thompson F (eds), The Prokaryotes., Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg, 2014, p. 286-290.
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Record number: 515502