Reclassification of Desulfobacterium macestii as Desulfomicrobium macestii comb. nov.

作者信息

Hippe Hans, Vainshtein Mikhail, Gogotova G I, Stackebrandt Erko

机构信息

DSMZ - Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany.

Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, 142292 Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia.

出版信息

Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2003 Jul;53(Pt 4):1127-1130. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.02574-0.

Phylogenetic, chemotaxonomic and metabolic data obtained for Desulfobacterium macestii indicate that this species is not a member of the genus Desulfobacterium, but of the genus Desulfomicrobium. Phylogenetically, it is closely related to Desulfomicrobium baculatum and Desulfomicrobium norvegicum, but it can be differentiated from these species by its metabolic properties. It is therefore proposed to reclassify Desulfobacterium macestii as Desulfomicrobium macestii comb. nov.