Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.3554

Name

Desulfobacterium catecholicum Szewzyk and Pfennig 1988

Taxonomic Rank

species

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

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

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
genus	Desulfobacterium Bak and Widdel 1988

Type Strain

representative organism

NZva20^T (=NZ =Nelson =DSM 3882 =JCM 39068)

Type Status

Taxonomy

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


root Universal Root Woese et al. 1990
domain Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990
phylum Desulfobacterota Waite et al. 2020
class Desulfobacteria Waite et al. 2020
order Desulfobacterales Kuever et al. 2006 emend. Waite et al. 2020
family Desulfobacteriaceae Galushko and Kuever 2021
genus Desulfobacterium Bak and Widdel 1988
species Desulfobacterium catecholicum Szewzyk and Pfennig 1988

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 species Desulfobacterium catecholicum Szewzyk and Pfennig 1988. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.3554.

Source File

10.1601/tx.3554.xml


This information was last reviewed on October 19, 2020.

References

Szewzyk R, Pfennig N. Complete oxidation of catechol by the strictly anaerobic sulfate-reducing Desulfobacterium catecholicum sp. nov. Arch Microbiol 1987; 147:163-168. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00415278.