Desulfobacter

Desulfobacter is a genus of bacteria from the family of Desulfobacteraceae.[1][2] Desulfobacter has the ability to oxidize acetate to CO2.[3]

Desulfobacter
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Thermodesulfobacteriota
Class:
Desulfobacteria
Order:
Desulfobacterales
Family:
Desulfobacteraceae
Genus:
Desulfobacter

Widdel 1981[1]
Type species
Desulfobacter postgatei[1]
Species

D. curvatus[1]
D. giganteus[1]
D. halotolerans[1]
D. hydrogenophilus[1]
D. latus[1]
D. postgatei[1]
D. vibrioformis[1]

References
  1. "Genus Desulfobacter". LPSN.dsmz.de.
  2. "Taxonomy - Desulfobacter (genus)". UniProt.org.
  3. Sebald, Madaleine, ed. (1993). Genetics and Molecular Biology of Anaerobic Bacteria. New York, NY: Springer New York. ISBN 1-4615-7087-5.

Further reading
  • Brenner, Don J.; Krieg, Noel R.; Staley, James T., eds. (2005). Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology (2nd ed.). New York: Springer. ISBN 0-387-29298-5.
  • Garcia, Jean-Louis; Bruschi, Mireille; Bélaich, Jean-Pierre, eds. (1990). Microbiology and Biochemistry of Strict Anaerobes Involved in Interspecies Hydrogen Transfer. Boston, MA: Springer US. ISBN 1-4613-0613-2.
  • Atlas, Ronald M. (2010). Handbook of microbiological media (4th ed.). Washington, D.C.: Boca Raton, Fla. ISBN 978-1-4398-0408-7.
  • Riding, Robert E.; Awramik, Stanley M. (2000). Microbial sediments. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 3-662-04036-0.
  • Thamdrup, Donald E. Canfield ; Erik Kristensen ; Bo (2005). Aquatic geomicrobiology (Transferred to digital print. ed.). London [u.a.]: Elsevier Acad. Press. ISBN 0-12-158340-6.
  • Drake, Harold L., ed. (1995). Acetogenesis. Boston, MA: Springer US. ISBN 1-4615-1777-X.


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