Desulfobacter

Desulfobacter is a genus of bacteria from the family Desulfobacteraceae.^[1][2] Desulfobacter has the ability to oxidize acetate to CO₂.^[3]

Desulfobacter
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Thermodesulfobacteriota
Class:	Desulfobacteria
Order:	Desulfobacterales
Family:	Desulfobacteraceae
Genus:	Desulfobacter Widdel 1981[1]
Type species
Desulfobacter postgatei Widdel 1981
Species
D. curvatus D. halotolerans D. hydrogenophilus D. latus D. postgatei "D. psychrotolerans" D. vibrioformis

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)^[4] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)^[5]

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024[6][7][8]	120 marker proteins based GTDB 09-RS220[9][10][11]
Desulfobacter D. hydrogenophilus Widdel 1988 D. curvatus Widdel 1988 D. postgatei Widdel 1981 D. vibrioformis Lien & Beeder 1997 D. halotolerans Brandt & Ingvorsen 1998 D. latus Widdel 1988	Desulfobacter D. postgatei D. vibrioformis D. latus D. curvatus D. hydrogenophilus