Geobacter psychrophilus

Geobacter psychrophilus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Deltaproteobacteria
Order: Desulfuromonadales
Family: Geobacteraceae
Genus: Geobacter
Species: G. psychrophilus
Nevin et al. 2005

Geobacter psychrophilus is a Fe(III)-reducing bacteria. It is Gram-negative, slightly curved rod-shaped and is motile via means of monotrichous flagella. Its type strain is P35T (=ATCC BAA-1013T =DSM 16674T =JCM 12644T).[1]

References

  1. Nevin, K. P. (2005). "Geobacter bemidjiensis sp. nov. and Geobacter psychrophilus sp. nov., two novel Fe(III)-reducing subsurface isolates". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 55 (4): 1667–1674. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63417-0. ISSN 1466-5026.

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