Desulfococcus
{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}}
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{{Taxobox
| name = Desulfococcus
| domain = Bacteria
| phylum = Thermodesulfobacteriota
| classis = Desulfobacteria
| ordo = Desulfobacterales
| familia = Desulfococcaceae
| genus = Desulfococcus
| genus_authority = Widdel 1981
| type_species = Desulfococcus multivorans
| type_species_authority =Widdel 1981
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
- D. biacutus
- "D. oleovorans"{{cite journal|title=Desulfococcus oleovorans|website=Ebi8.uniprot.org|url=http://ebi8.uniprot.org/taxonomy/181663|language=en}}
- D. multivorans
}}
Desulfococcus is a Gram-negative, anaerobic and motile bacteria genus from the family of Desulfococcaceae.{{cite journal|title=Desulfococcus|website=Ebi8.uniprot.org|url=http://ebi8.uniprot.org/taxonomy/896|language=en}}{{cite journal|title=Desulfococcus}}
Phylogeny
The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN){{cite web | author=A.C. Parte |display-authors= et al.|url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/desulfococcus |title=Desulfococcus|access-date=2022-09-09 |publisher=List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)}} and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI){{cite web |author = Sayers|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Undef&id=896&lvl=3&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock |title=Desulfococcus|access-date=2022-09-09 |publisher=National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database |display-authors=et al.}}
See also
References
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Further reading
- {{cite journal|last1=Almstrand|first1=Robert|last2=Pinto|first2=Ameet J.|last3=Figueroa|first3=Linda A.|last4=Sharp|first4=Jonathan O.|title=Draft Genome Sequence of a Novel Desulfobacteraceae Member from a Sulfate-Reducing Bioreactor Metagenome|journal=Genome Announcements|date=14 January 2016|volume=4|issue=1|pages=e01540–15|doi=10.1128/genomeA.01540-15|pmid=26769931|pmc=4714113}}
External links
- [https://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Desulfococcus Desulfococcus] at MicrobeWiki
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