title: Reclassification of Desulfobacterium macestii as Desulfomicrobium macestii comb. nov.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: DSMZ - Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany.
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hippe
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, 142292 Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia.
authors.forename: Mikhail
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vainshtein
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, 142292 Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia.
authors.forename: G I
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Gogotova
authors.affiliation: Lehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany.|DSMZ - Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany.
authors.forename: Erko
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stackebrandt
mesh_terms: D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D020564:Deltaproteobacteria / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010641:Phenotype; D010802:Phylogeny; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D009626:Terminology as Topic
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S