Name: Desulfobacter curvatus Widdel 1988

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cur.va’tus. L. masc. part. adj. curvatus, curved, bent

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 43919; DSM 3379; Strain AcRM3

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF418175 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Widdel F. New types of acetate-oxidizing sulfate-reducing Desulfobacter species, D. hydrogenophilus sp. nov., D. latus sp. nov. and D. curvatus sp. nov. Arch. Microbiol. 1987; 148:286-291.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 26. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1988; 38:328-329.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.21700 (N = 12).
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.
  • 🧍 Desulfobacter giganteus Esnault et al. 1988 appears in Validation List no. 26. However, Desulfobacter giganteus Esnault et al. 1988 should read Desulfovibrio giganteus Esnault et al. 1988. Publication: Euzeby JP, Kudo T. Corrigenda to the validation lists. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1933-1938.

Parent taxon: Desulfobacter Widdel 1981

Assigned by: Widdel F. New types of acetate-oxidizing sulfate-reducing Desulfobacter species, D. hydrogenophilus sp. nov., D. latus sp. nov. and D. curvatus sp. nov. Arch. Microbiol. 1987; 148:286-291.

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