Desulfuromonas acetoxidans
Desulfuromonas acetoxidans is a species of bacteria. It is strictly anaerobic, rod-shaped, laterally flagellated and Gram-negative. It is unable to ferment organic substances; it obtains energy for growth by anaerobic sulfur respiration.[1]
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
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| Class: | Desulfuromonadia |
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| Species: | D. acetoxidans |
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| Desulfuromonas acetoxidans Pfennig & Biebl, 1976 | |
References
- Pfennig, Norbert; Biebl, Hanno (1976). "Desulfuromonas acetoxidans gen. nov. and sp. nov., a new anaerobic, sulfur-reducing, acetate-oxidizing bacterium". Archives of Microbiology. 110 (1): 3–12. doi:10.1007/BF00416962. ISSN 0302-8933.
Further reading
- Roden EE, Lovley DR (March 1993). "Dissimilatory Fe(III) Reduction by the Marine Microorganism Desulfuromonas acetoxidans". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 59 (3): 734–42. PMC 202183. PMID 16348888.
- Alves, Alexandra S.; Paquete, Catarina M.; Fonseca, Bruno M.; Louro, Ricardo O. (2011). "Exploration of the 'cytochromome' of Desulfuromonas acetoxidans, a marine bacterium capable of powering microbial fuel cells". Metallomics. 3 (4): 349. doi:10.1039/c0mt00084a. ISSN 1756-5901.
- Falkow, Stanley; Dworkin, Martin (2006). The prokaryotes: a handbook on the biology of bacteria. Berlin: Springer. ISBN 0-387-25492-7.
External links
- Geobacter Project
- Type strain of Desulfuromonas acetoxidans at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
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