Desulfofaba

Desulfofaba is a Gram-negative, anaerobic, non-spore-forming and motile bacteria genus from the family of Desulfobacteraceae.[1][2][3][4]

Desulfofaba
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Proteobacteria
Class:	Deltaproteobacteria
Order:	Desulfobacterales
Family:	Desulfobacteraceae
Genus:	Desulfofaba Knoblauch et al. 1999[1]
Type species
Desulfofaba gelida[1]
Species
D. fastidiosa[1] D. gelida[1] D. hansenii[1]
Synonyms
Desulfomusa,[2] Pseudodesulfobulbus[2]

References

1. Parte, A.C. "Desulfofaba". LPSN.
2. "Desulfofaba". Ebi8.uniprot.org.
3. Parker, Charles Thomas; Wigley, Sarah; Garrity, George M (2009). "Nomenclature Abstract for Desulfofaba Knoblauch et al. 1999 emend. Abildgaard et al. 2004". The NamesforLife Abstracts. doi:10.1601/nm.3570.
4. Kuever, Jan; Rainey, Fred A.; Widdel, Friedrich (2015). Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. pp. 1–3. doi:10.1002/9781118960608.gbm01017. ISBN 9781118960608.

Further reading

• Abildgaard, L; Ramsing, NB; Finster, K (March 2004). "Characterization of the marine propionate-degrading, sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfofaba fastidiosa sp. nov. and reclassification of Desulfomusa hansenii as Desulfofaba hansenii comb. nov". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 54 (Pt 2): 393–9. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02820-0. PMID 15023950.
• Knoblauch, C.; Sahm, K.; Jorgensen, B. B. (1 October 1999). "Psychrophilic sulfate-reducing bacteria isolated from permanently cold Arctic marine sediments: description of Desulfofrigus oceanense gen. nov., sp. nov., Desulfofrigus fragile sp. nov., Desulfofaba gelida gen. nov., sp. nov., Desulfotalea psychrophila gen. nov., sp. nov. and Desulfotalea arctica sp. nov". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 49 (4): 1631–1643. doi:10.1099/00207713-49-4-1631. PMID 10555345.