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Desulfobacter
Widdel 1981
(prokaryote)
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Entity:
Desulfobacteraceae (Family)
..Desulfamplus (Candidatus)
..Desulfatiferula (Genus)
..Desulfobacula (Genus)
..Desulfobotulus (Genus)
..Desulfocella (Genus)
..Desulfocicer (Genus)
..Desulfoconvexum (Genus)
..Desulfofaba (Genus)
..Desulfofrigus (Genus)
..Desulfoluna (Genus)
..Desulforapulum (Genus)
..Desulforegula (Genus)
..Desulfosalina (Genus)
..Desulfospira (Genus)
..Desulfotignum (Genus)
..Magnetananas (Candidatus)
..Magnetoglobus (Candidatus)
..Desulfobacter (Genus)
....Desulfobacter curvatus (Species)
....Desulfobacter halotolerans (Species)
....Desulfobacter hydrogenophilus (Species)
....Desulfobacter latus (Species)
....Desulfobacter postgatei (Species)
....Desulfobacter vibrioformis (Species)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
Widdel, 1980/1981
Etymology
Derived from
:
sulfur
veter.
Ref:
LPSN, 2020-present
: [16 May 2026] ("(S)").
Types
Type of
:
Desulfobacteraceae
(Family)
Kuever
et al.
2006
Type of
:
Desulfobacterales
(Order)
Kuever
et al.
2006
Ref:
LPSN, 2020-present
: [16 May 2026].
Type of
:
Desulfobacteria
(Class)
Waite
et al.
2020
Ref:
LPSN, 2020-present
: [16 May 2026].
Type, by monotypy
:
Desulfobacter postgatei
Widdel 1981
Ref:
LPSN, 2020-present
: [16 May 2026].
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