Desulfitobacterium

Desulfitobacterium
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Firmicutes
Class:	Clostridia
Order:	Clostridiales
Family:	Peptococcaceae
Genus:	Desulfitobacterium Utkin et al. 1994[1]
Type species
Desulfitobacterium dehalogenans[1]
Species
D. aromaticivorans[1] D. chlororespirans[1] D. dehalogenans[1] D. hafniense[1] D. metallireducens[1]

Desulfitobacterium is a genus of gram-positive, strictly anaerobic, rod-shaped and spore-forming bacteria from the family of Peptococcaceae.^[1][2][3] Desulfitobacterium have a low GC-content.^[3]

Further reading

• editors, Paul De Vos ... [et al.], (2009). Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology. (2nd ed. ed.). Dordrecht: Springer. ISBN 0-387-68489-1.
• Granzow, Silke (1998). Isolierung und Charakterisierung eines neuen Tetrachlorethen dechlorierenden strikt anaeroben Bakteriums, Desulfitobacterium frappieri Stamm PCE-S. München: Utz, Wiss. ISBN 3-896-75388-6.
• Neilson, Alasdair H.; Allard, Ann-Sofie (2013). Organic chemicals in the environment mechanisms of degradation and transformation (2nd ed. ed.). Boca Raton: CRC Press. ISBN 1-439-82638-2.
• editors, Hideaki Nojiri, Masataka Tsuda, Masao Fukuda, Yoichi Kamagata, (2014). Biodegradative Bacteria How Bacteria Degrade, Survive, Adapt, and Evolve (Aufl. 2014 ed.). Tokyo: Springer Japan. ISBN 4-431-54520-4.
• Stamatelatou, edited by Birgitte K. Ahring, B. K. Ahring, I. Angelidaki, J. Dolfing, L. EUegaard, H. N. Gavala, F. Haagensen, A. S. Mogensen, G. Lyberatos, P. F. Pind, J. E. Schmidt, I. V. Skiadas, K. (2003). Biomethanation II. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 3-540-45838-7.
• Reineke, edited by Spiros N. Agathos, Walter (2002). Biotechnology for the Environment: Strategy and Fundamentals. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands. ISBN 9-401-00357-2.

References

1. LPSN bacterio.net
2. UniProt
3. Stanley, Falkow; Eugene, Rosenberg; Karl-Heinz, Schleifer; Erko, Stackebrandt (2006). Bacteria : Firmicutes, Cyanobacteria (3. ed. ed.). New York, NY: Springer. ISBN 0387254943.

External identifiers for Desulfitobacterium
Encyclopedia of Life	100356