Desulfitibacter Nielsen et al. 2006
General information
Name
Desulfitibacter
Valid publication
2006
Lineage
Root.
Bacteria.
Firmicutes.
Clostridia.
Clostridiales.
Peptococcaceae.
Desulfitibacter
Nomenclature type
Desulfitibacter alkalitolerans
Etymology
L. pref. <i>de</i>, from, off, away; N.L. n. <i>sulfis</i> -<i>itis</i>, sulfite; N.L. masc. n. <i>bacter</i>, a rod; N.L. masc. n. <i>Desulfitibacter</i>, rod-shaped bacterium that reduces sulfite.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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Motile, Gram-positive rods. Form terminal endospores. Anaerobic, growing chemoheterotrophically by fermentation or by reduction of sulfite or thiosulfate.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
---|---|---|---|
MSG072614 | 'Desulfitibacter bacterium' | Species | |
M021702011103001 | Desulfitibacter alkalitolerans | Species | 264641 |
References
1
Nielsen, M.B., Kjeldsen, K.U., and Ingvorsen, K. Desulfitibacter alkalitolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, alkalitolerant, sulfite-reducing bacterium isolated from a district heating plant. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2006) 56:2831-2836.[DOI:10.1099/ijs.0.64356-0]
[PMID:17158984]