Desulfofarcimen Watanabe et al. 2018
General information
Name
Desulfofarcimen
Valid publication
2018
Lineage
Root.
Bacteria.
Firmicutes.
Clostridia.
Clostridiales.
Peptococcaceae.
Desulfofarcimen
Nomenclature type
Desulfofarcimen acetoxidans
Etymology
L. pref. <i>de</i>, from; L. n. <i>sulfur</i>, sulfur; L. neut. n. <i>farcimen</i>, sausage; N.L. neut. n. <i>Desulfofarcimen</i> a sausage-shaped sulfate-reducer.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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Cells are spore-forming rods, motile, Gram-stain-negative, strictly anaerobic and moderately thermophilic. Sulfate serves as an electron acceptor, but nitrate is not used.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
---|---|---|---|
M021702011118001 | Desulfofarcimen acetoxidans | Species | 58138 |
M021702011118002 | Desulfofarcimen intricatum | Species | 1285191 |
References
1
Widdel, F., and Pfennig, N. A new anaerobic, sporing, acetate-oxidizing, sulfate-reducing bacterium, Desulfotomaculum (emend.) acetoxidans. Arch. Microbiol. (1977) 112:119-122.[DOI:10.1007/BF00446665]
[PMID:843166]
2
Validation List No. 1. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1977) 27:306.[DOI:10.1099/00207713-27-3-306]
3
Skerman, V.B.D., McGowan, V., and Sneath, P.H.A. (editors). Approved lists of bacterial names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1980) 30:225-420.[DOI:10.1099/00207713-30-1-225]
4
Watanabe, M., Kojima, H., and Fukui, M. Review of Desulfotomaculum species and proposal of the genera Desulfallas gen. nov., Desulfofundulus gen. nov., Desulfofarcimen gen. nov. and Desulfohalotomaculum gen. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2018) 2891-2899.[DOI:10.1099/ijsem.0.002915]
[PMID:30028279]