Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.1700

Name

Oxalobacter Allison et al. 1985

Taxonomic Rank

genus

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

Incertae sedis taxa are placed using SOSCC (Garrity and Lilburn 2008)

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
family	Oxalobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006

Members

species	Oxalobacter formigenes Allison et al. 1985
species	Oxalobacter vibrioformis Dehning and Schink 1990

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this genus within the root Universal Root.


root Universal Root Woese et al. 1990
domain Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990
phylum Proteobacteria (sic) Garrity et al. 2021
class Betaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2006 emend. Boden et al. 2017
order Burkholderiales Garrity et al. 2006
family Oxalobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006
genus Oxalobacter Allison et al. 1985

The taxonomy from the rank of class and below is based upon currently published taxonomic opinion. For a complete taxonomy, refer to The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea, Release 7.7.

Citation

When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.

Taxon Abstract for the genus Oxalobacter Allison et al. 1985. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.1700.

Source File

10.1601/tx.1700.xml


This information was last reviewed on May 4, 2009.

References

Dehning I, Schink B. Two new species of anaerobic oxalate-fermenting bacteria, Oxalobacter vibrioformis sp. nov. and Clostridium oxalicum sp. nov., from sediment samples. Arch Microbiol 1989; 153:79-84. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00277545.
Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family II. Oxalobacteraceae fam. nov. In: Garrity GM, Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Second Edition, Volume 2, Part C, Springer, New York, 2005, p. 623.
Allison MJ, Dawson KA, Mayberry WR, Foss JG. Oxalobacter formigenes gen. nov., sp. nov.: oxalate-degrading anaerobes that inhabit the gastrointestinal tract. Arch Microbiol 1985; 141:1-7. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00446731 [PubMed].