Desulfobacterales

Desulfobacterales
	Stromatolites next to a volcanic lake, found to harbor abundant Desulfobacterales
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Thermodesulfobacteriota
Class:	Desulfobacteria
Order:	Desulfobacterales
Families
	Desulfatibacillaceae; Desulfatirhabdiaceae; Desulfobacteraceae; Desulfococcaceae; Desulfolunaceae; Desulforegulaceae; Desulfosarcinaceae; "Candidatus Desulfosudaceae"; "Candidatus Magnetomoraceae"; Genera not assigned to a family "Desulfaltia" Van Vliet et al. 2020; "Desulfatibia" Van Vliet et al. 2020; "Desulfoarculus" Widdel and Bak 1992; ;

The Desulfobacterales are an order of sulfate-reducing bacteria, included among the Thermodesulfobacteriota. There are three families. They are sulfate-reducing bacteria, reducing sulfates to sulfides to obtain energy. They are strict anaerobes.[1]

References

Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F (2015). "Desulfobacterales ord. nov". In Whitman WB (ed.). Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. John Wiley & Sons. doi:10.1002/9781118960608.

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