Desulfuromonas
Sign in to saveDesulfuromonas is a Gram negative bacterial genus from the family Desulfuromonadaceae. Desulfuromonas can reduce elemental sulfur to H2S. Desulfuromonas occur in anoxic sediments and saline lakes.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomBacteria
- PhylumDesulfobacterota
- ClassDesulfuromonadia
- OrderDesulfuromonadales
- FamilyDesulfuromonadaceae
Habitatmarine
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Research
238 papers- Desulfuromonas sp. 'CSMB_57', isolation and genomic insights from the most abundant bacterial taxon in eastern Australian coals.Microbial genomics · 2022
- Tetrachloroethene-dehalogenating bacteria.Folia microbiologica · 1999
- Desulfuromonas carbonis sp. nov., an Fe(III)-, S0- and Mn(IV)-reducing bacterium isolated from an active coalbed methane gas well.International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology · 2015
- 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 · 2006
- Desulfuromonas acetoxidans gen. nov. and sp. nov., a new anaerobic, sulfur-reducing, acetate-oxidizing bacterium.Archives of microbiology · 1976
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- Desulfuromonadaceae
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- gram-negative bacteria
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- Desulfuromonadaceae
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Desulfuromonas is a Gram negative bacterial genus from the family Desulfuromonadaceae. Desulfuromonas can reduce elemental sulfur to H2S. Desulfuromonas occur in anoxic sediments and saline lakes.
==Phylogeny== The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
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