Desulfitispora Sorokin and Muyzer 2010
General information
Name
Desulfitispora
Valid publication
2010
Effective publication
2010
Lineage
Root.
Bacteria.
Firmicutes.
Clostridia.
Clostridiales.
Peptococcaceae.
Desulfitispora
Nomenclature type
Desulfitispora alkaliphila
Etymology
L. pref. <i>de</i>, from, off, away; N.L. n. <i>sulfis</i> -<i>itis</i>, sulfite; N.L. fem. n. <i>spora</i> (from Gr. n. <i>spora</i>), a seed and in biology a spore; N.L. fem. n. <i>Desulfitispora</i>, spore-forming bacterium-reducing sulfite.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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Gram-positive, endospore-forming rods. Obligately anaerobic with respiratory metabolism. Use sulfur compounds, but not sulfate, as electron acceptor, and short-chain organic acids as electron donors. Obligately alkaliphilic and moderately salt tolerant. Habitat: soda lakes. The DNA G+C content of the type species is 379±0.5 mol% (Tm).
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
---|---|---|---|
M021702011104001 | Desulfitispora alkaliphila | Species | 622674 |
M021702011104002 | Desulfitispora elongata | Species | 1664035 |
References
1
Sorokin, D.Y., and Muyzer, G. Haloalkaliphilic spore-forming sulfidogens from soda lake sediments and description of Desulfitispora alkaliphila gen. nov., sp. nov. Extremophiles (2010) 14:313-320.[DOI:10.1007/s00792-010-0310-y]
[PMID:20364356]
[PMCID:PMC2858807]
2
Validation List No. 134. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2010) 60:1477-1479.[DOI:10.1099/ijs.0.026252-0]