Name: Desulfobacter Widdel 1981
Etymology: De.sul.fo.bac’ter. L. prep. de, from; L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S); N.L. pref. desulfo-, desulfuricating (prefix used to characterize a dissimilatory sulfate-reducing procaryote) (in compound words); N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod or staff; N.L. masc. n. Desulfobacter, a rod-shaped sulfate-reducing bacterium
Gender: masculine (stem: Desulfobacter-)
Type species: Desulfobacter postgatei Widdel 1981
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication: Widdel F. Anaerober Abbau von Fettsäuren und Benzoesäure durch neu isolierte Arten Sulfat-reduzierender Bakterien. Dissertation. Georg-August-Universität zu Göttingen, Lindhorst/Schaumburg-Lippe, Göttingen, 1980.
IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 7. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1981; 31:382-383.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Name | Kind |
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"Desulfobacter" Widdel and Pfennig 1981 | homotypic synonym, not validly published |
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 6
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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Desulfobacter curvatus Widdel 1988 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Desulfobacter giganteus Esnault et al. 1988 | inaccurate spelling | misspelling |
Desulfobacter halotolerans Brandt and Ingvorsen 1998 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Desulfobacter hydrogenophilus Widdel 1988 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Desulfobacter latus Widdel 1988 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Desulfobacter postgatei Widdel 1981 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Desulfobacter vibrioformis Lien and Beeder 1997 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Parent taxon: Desulfobacteraceae Kuever et al. 2006
Assigned by: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Family I. Desulfobacteraceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 959-960.
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Record number: 517005