Desulfofaba

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Desulfofaba

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Number of species cited in this file: 3
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Desulfofaba Knoblauch et al. 1999, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Desulfofaba gelida Knoblauch et al. 1999.
Etymology: L. prefix de, off; L. n. sulfur, sulfur; N.L. pref. desulfo-, desulfuricating (prefix used to characterize a dissimilatory sulfate-reducing procaryote); L. fem. n. faba, a bean; N.L. fem. n. Desulfofaba, a sulfate-reducing bean.
Reference: KNOBLAUCH (C.), SAHM (K.) and JØRGENSEN (B.B.): Psychrophilic sulfate-reducing bacteria isolated from permanently cold Arctic marine sediments: description of Desulfofrigus oceanense gen. nov., sp. nov., Desulfofrigus fragile sp. nov., Desulfofaba gelida gen. nov., sp. nov., Desulfotalea psychrophila gen. nov., sp. nov. and Desulfotalea arctica sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 1631-1643.
Original article in IJSEM Online

---> Desulfofaba Knoblauch et al. 1999 emend. Abildgaard et al. 2004.
Type species: ¤ Desulfofaba gelida Knoblauch et al. 1999.
Etymology: L. prefix de, off; L. n. sulfur, sulfur; N.L. pref. desulfo-, desulfuricating (prefix used to characterize a dissimilatory sulfate-reducing procaryote); L. fem. n. faba, a bean; N.L. fem. n. Desulfofaba, a sulfate-reducing bean.
Reference: ABILDGAARD (L.), RAMSING (N.B.) and FINSTER (K.): Characterization of the marine propionate-degrading, sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfofaba fastidiosa sp. nov. and reclassification of Desulfomusa hansenii as Desulfofaba hansenii comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 393-399.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: According to Abildgaard et al. 2004, Desulfofaba Knoblauch et al. 1999 is an earlier heterotypic synonym of ¤ Desulfomusa Finster et al. 2001.
Reference: ABILDGAARD (L.), RAMSING (N.B.) and FINSTER (K.): Characterization of the marine propionate-degrading, sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfofaba fastidiosa sp. nov. and reclassification of Desulfomusa hansenii as Desulfofaba hansenii comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 393-399.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Desulfofaba fastidiosa Abildgaard et al. 2004, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain P2 = ATCC BAA-815 = DSM 15249.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AY268891.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. fastidiosa, fastidious, difficult to please, referring to the limited number of substrates used by the type strain.
Reference: ABILDGAARD (L.), RAMSING (N.B.) and FINSTER (K.): Characterization of the marine propionate-degrading, sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfofaba fastidiosa sp. nov. and reclassification of Desulfomusa hansenii as Desulfofaba hansenii comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 393-399.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Desulfofaba gelida Knoblauch et al. 1999, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain PSv29 = DSM 12344.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AF099063.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. gelida, icy cold, very cold; referring to the low temperature optimal for growth.
Reference: KNOBLAUCH (C.), SAHM (K.) and JØRGENSEN (B.B.): Psychrophilic sulfate-reducing bacteria isolated from permanently cold Arctic marine sediments: description of Desulfofrigus oceanense gen. nov., sp. nov., Desulfofrigus fragile sp. nov., Desulfofaba gelida gen. nov., sp. nov., Desulfotalea psychrophila gen. nov., sp. nov. and Desulfotalea arctica sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 1631-1643.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Desulfofaba hansenii (Finster et al. 2001) Abildgaard et al. 2004, comb. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain P1 = ATCC 700811 = DSM 12642.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AF321820.
Basonym: ¤ Desulfomusa hansenii Finster et al. 2001.
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. hansenii, of Hansen, named to honour Theo Hansen of The Netherlands, who made important contributions to our understanding of the pathways of organic matter oxidation in sulfate-reducing bacteria.
Reference: ABILDGAARD (L.), RAMSING (N.B.) and FINSTER (K.): Characterization of the marine propionate-degrading, sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfofaba fastidiosa sp. nov. and reclassification of Desulfomusa hansenii as Desulfofaba hansenii comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 393-399.
Original article in IJSEM Online