Desulfuromonas

Desulfuromonas is a Gram negative bacterial genus from the family of Desulfuromonadaceae.[1][2][3] Desulfuromonas can reduce elemental sulfur to H2S.[4] Desulfuromonas occur in anoxic sediments and saline lakes.[5]

Desulfuromonas
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Proteobacteria
Class:
Deltaproteobacteria
Order:
Desulfuromonadales
Family:
Desulfuromonadaceae
Genus:
Desulfuromonas

Pfennig and Biebl 1977[1]
Type species
Desulfuromonas acetoxidans[1]
Species

D. acetexigens[1]
D. acetoxidans[1]
D. carbonis[1]
D. chloroethenica[1]
D. michiganensis[1]
D. palmitatis[1]
D. svalbardensis[1]
D. thiophila[1]

References
  1. Parte, A.C. "Desulfuromonas". www.bacterio.net.
  2. "Desulfuromonas". www.uniprot.org.
  3. Kuever, Jan; Rainey, Fred A.; Widdel, Friedrich (1 January 2015). "Desulfuromonas". Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: 1–7. doi:10.1002/9781118960608.gbm01039.
  4. "Desulfuromonas". Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria: 1–7. doi:10.1002/9781118960608.gbm01039.
  5. editor-in-chief, George M. Garrity, (2005). Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology (2nd ed.). New York: Springer. ISBN 0-387-24145-0.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)

Further reading
  • Vandieken, V; Mussmann, M; Niemann, H; Jørgensen, BB (May 2006). "Desulfuromonas svalbardensis sp. nov. and Desulfuromusa ferrireducens sp. nov., psychrophilic, Fe(III)-reducing bacteria isolated from Arctic sediments, Svalbard". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 56 (Pt 5): 1133–9. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63639-0. PMID 16627667.
  • Loffler, F. E.; Sun, Q.; Li, J.; Tiedje, J. M. (1 April 2000). "16S rRNA Gene-Based Detection of Tetrachloroethene-Dechlorinating Desulfuromonas and Dehalococcoides Species". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 66 (4): 1369–1374. doi:10.1128/AEM.66.4.1369-1374.2000. PMC 91994.
  • Winkelmann, ed. by Günther; Carrano, Carl J. (1997). Transition metals in microbial metabolism. Amsterdam [u.a.]: Harwood Academic Publishers. ISBN 90-5702-219-2.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  • Lorenz, Adrian; Frank E., Löffler (2016). Organohalide Respiring Bacteria. Springer. ISBN 3-662-49875-8.
  • Payne, Suthan S. Sutheran; Fred (2005). In situ remediation engineering. Boca Raton [u.a.]: CRC Press. ISBN 1-56670-653-X.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.