@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.057174-0, author = "Hakil, Florence and Amin-Ali, Oulfat and Hirschler-Réa, Agnès and Mollex, Damien and Grossi, Vincent and Duran, Robert and Matheron, Robert and Cravo-Laureau, Cristiana", title = "Desulfatiferula berrensis sp. nov., a n-alkene-degrading sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from estuarine sediments", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "2014", volume = "64", number = "Pt_2", pages = "540-544", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.057174-0", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.057174-0", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "A novel sulfate-reducing bacterium designated strain BE2801T was isolated from oil-polluted estuarine sediments (Berre Lagoon, France). Cells were Gram-stain-negative, motile, slightly curved or vibrioid rods. Optimal growth of strain BE2801T occurred at 30–32 °C, 0.5–1.5% NaCl (w/v) and pH 7.2–7.4. Strain BE2801T grew with C4 to C20 fatty acids or C12 to C20 n-alkenes as electron donors. Acetate and carbon dioxide were the oxidation products. The major cellular fatty acids were C16 : 0, C16 : 1ω7c and C18 : 1ω7. The DNA G+C content was 50.2 mol%. 16S rRNA and dsrAB gene sequence analysis indicated that strain BE2801T was a member of the family Desulfobacteraceae within the class Deltaproteobacteria . DNA–DNA hybridization with the most closely related taxon demonstrated 14.8 % relatedness. Based on phenotypic and phylogenetic evidence, strain BE2801T ( = DSM 25524T = JCM 18157T) is proposed to be a representative of a novel species of the genus Desulfatiferula , for which the name Desulfatiferula berrensis sp. nov. is suggested.", }