Desulfacinum infernum
Desulfacinum infernum is a thermophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium, the type species of its genus. Its cells are oval, 1.5 by 2.5-3μm, non-motile and gram-negative.[1]
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| Species: | D. infernum |
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| Desulfacinum infernum Rees et al. 1995 | |
References
- Rees, G. N.; Grassia, G. S.; Sheehy, A. J.; Dwivedi, P. P.; Patel, B. K. C. (1995). "Desulfacinum infernum gen. nov., sp. nov., a Thermophilic Sulfate-Reducing Bacterium from a Petroleum Reservoir". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 45 (1): 85–89. doi:10.1099/00207713-45-1-85. ISSN 0020-7713.
Further reading
- Barton, Larry L., and W. Allan Hamilton, eds. Sulphate-reducing bacteria: Environmental and engineered systems. Cambridge University Press, 2007.
- Vos, P., et al. "Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Volume 3: The Firmicutes." (2009).
External links
- "Desulfacinum infernum" at the Encyclopedia of Life
- LPSN
- Type strain of Desulfacinum infernum at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
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