Desulfonatronum thiodismutans

Desulfonatronum thiodismutans
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Deltaproteobacteria
Order: Desulfovibrionales
Family: Desulfovibrionaceae
Genus: Desulfonatronum
Species: D. thiodismutans
Binomial name
Desulfonatronum thiodismutans
Pikuta et al. 2003

Desulfonatronum thiodismutans is an alkaliphilic, sulfate-reducing bacterium capable of lithoautotrophic growth. It is Gram-negative, vibrio-shaped, with cells 0.6–0.7×1.2–2.7 μm in size, motile by a single polar flagellum. Its type strain is MLF1T (=ATCC BAA-395T =DSM 14708T).[1]

References

  1. Pikuta, E. V. (2003). "Desulfonatronum thiodismutans sp. nov., a novel alkaliphilic, sulfate-reducing bacterium capable of lithoautotrophic growth". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 53 (5): 1327–1332. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02598-0. ISSN 1466-5026.

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