Geobacter sulfurreducens

Geobacter sulfurreducens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Deltaproteobacteria
Order: Desulfuromonadales
Family: Geobacteraceae
Genus: Geobacter
Species: G. sulfurreducens
Caccavo Jr et al., 1994

Geobacter sulfurreducens is a gram-negative metal and sulphur-reducing proteobacterium.[1] It is rod-shaped, obligately anaerobic, non-fermentative, has flagellum and type four pili, and is closely related to Geobacter metallireducens.

References

  1. ↑ Caccavo F, Lonergan DJ, Lovley DR, Davis M, Stolz JF, McInerney MJ (October 1994). "Geobacter sulfurreducens sp. nov., a hydrogen- and acetate-oxidizing dissimilatory metal-reducing microorganism". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 60 (10): 3752–9. PMC 201883Freely accessible. PMID 7527204. Retrieved 2013-07-19.

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