Desulfovirgula
Desulfovirgula is a genus of sulfate reducing, anaerobic, endospore-forming, Gram-positive, thermophilic, motile, rod-shaped bacteria, isolated from an underground mining site in an area of Japan characterized by high geothermal activity.[1]
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| Genus: | Desulfovirgula Kaksonen et al. 2007 |
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| Desulfovirgula thermocuniculi Kaksonen et al. 2007 | |
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Up to now (December 2021) Desulfovirgula thermocuniculi is the sole known species in the genus.[2]
Electron acceptors that this organism can utilize include sulfate, sulfite, thiosulfate and elemental sulfur, while H2 (in the presence of CO2) and carboxylic acids can be utilized as electron donors.[1]
References
- Kaksonen AH, Spring S, Schumann P, Kroppenstedt RM, Puhakka JA (2007). "Desulfovirgula thermocuniculi gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic sulfate-reducer isolated from a geothermal underground mine in Japan". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 57 (1): 98–102. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.64655-0. PMID 17220449.
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