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]

Desulfuromonas acetoxidans
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D. acetoxidans
Binomial name
Desulfuromonas acetoxidans
Pfennig & Biebl, 1976

References

  1. 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.

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