Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.3569

Name

Desulfococcus biacutus Platen et al. 1991

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	Desulfococcus Widdel 1981

Type Strain

representative organism

DSM 5651^T (=KMRActs)

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 Desulfococcaceae Waite et al. 2020
genus Desulfococcus Widdel 1981
species Desulfococcus biacutus Platen et al. 1991

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 Desulfococcus biacutus Platen et al. 1991. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.3569.

Source File

10.1601/tx.3569.xml

References

Platen H, Temmes A, Schink B. Anaerobic degradation of acetone by Desulfococcus biacutus spec. nov. Arch Microbiol 1990; 154:355-361. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00276531 [PubMed].