Desulfonatronum thiodismutans

Desulfonatronum thiodismutans
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Thermodesulfobacteriota
Class:
Desulfovibrionia
Order:
Desulfovibrionales
Family:
Desulfonatronaceae
Genus:
Desulfonatronum
Species:
D. thiodismutans
Binomial name
Desulfonatronum thiodismutans
Pikuta et al. 2003

Desulfonatronum thiodismutans is an alkaliphilic, sulfate-reducing bacterium capable of lithoautotrophic growth. It is Gram-negative, vibrio-shaped, with cells 0.6–0.7×1.2–2.7 μm in size, motile by a single polar flagellum. Its type strain is MLF1T (=ATCC BAA-395T =DSM 14708T).[1]

References

  1. ↑ Pikuta, E. V. (2003). "Desulfonatronum thiodismutans sp. nov., a novel alkaliphilic, sulfate-reducing bacterium capable of lithoautotrophic growth". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 53 (5): 1327–1332. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02598-0. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 13130014.

Further reading

  • Soboleva, G. S.; Dulov, L. E.; Pusheva, M. A. (2007). "Dependence of the intracellular concentrations of univalent ions and hydrogenase activity on the salt composition and pH of the medium in the haloalkaliphilic sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfonatronum thiodismutans". Microbiology. 76 (1): 14–19. doi:10.1134/S002626170701002X. ISSN 0026-2617.
  • Martin G. Klotz; Donald A. Bryant; Thomas E. Hanson. The microbial sulfur cycle. Frontiers E-books. pp. 230–. ISBN 978-2-88919-009-6.
  • Hoover, Richard B.; Detkova, Ekaterina N.; Pikuta, Elena V.; Hoover, Richard B.; Levin, Gilbert V.; Rozanov, Alexei Y. (2004). "Salt-tolerant and high-pH-resistant hydrogenase from the haloalkaliphilic, sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfonatronum thiodismutans". Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology VIII. 5555: 191–202. doi:10.1117/12.563702. ISSN 0277-786X.


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