Desulfobacteria
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| Class: | Desulfobacteria Waite et al. 2020[1]
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The Desulfobacteria are a class of bacteria in the phylum Desulfobacterota.[3] They are strictly anaerobic respirators, using sulfate or nitrate as the terminal electron acceptors.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ A.C. Parte; et al. "Desulfobacteria". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2025-02-28.
- ^ C.L. Schoch; et al. "Desulfobacteria". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
- ^ Waite, David W; Chuvochina, Maria; Pelikan, Claus; Parks, Donovan H; Yilmaz, Pelin; Wagner, Michael; Loy, Alexander; Naganuma, Takeshi; Nakai, Ryosuke; Whitman, William B; Hahn, Martin W; Kuever, Jan; Hugenholtz, Philip (2020-11-01). "Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (11): 5972–6016. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004213. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 33151140.
- ^ Das, Surajit; Dash, Hirak Ranjan, eds. (2019). Microbial diversity in the genomic era. London, United Kingdom ; San Diego, CA: Elsevier/Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-12-814849-5. OCLC 1029206067.
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