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, spore-forming bacteria from the family of Peptococcaceae.[1][2][3] Desulfitobacterium species have low GC-contents.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 LPSN bacterio.net
  2. UniProt
  3. 1 2 Stanley, Falkow; Eugene, Rosenberg; Karl-Heinz, Schleifer; Erko, Stackebrandt (2006). Bacteria : Firmicutes, Cyanobacteria (3. ed.). New York, NY: Springer. ISBN 0-387-25494-3.

Further reading

External identifiers for Desulfitobacterium
Encyclopedia of Life 100356


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