Desulfobacter

Desulfobacter is a genus of bacteria from the family of Desulfobacteraceae.[1][2] Desulfobacter has the ability to oxidize acetate to CO2.[3]

Desulfobacter
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Proteobacteria
Class:	Deltaproteobacteria
Order:	Desulfobacterales
Family:	Desulfobacteraceae
Genus:	Desulfobacter Widdel 1981[1]
Type species
Desulfobacter postgatei[1]
Species
D. curvatus[1] D. giganteus[1] D. halotolerans[1] D. hydrogenophilus[1] D. latus[1] D. postgatei[1] D. vibrioformis[1]

Further reading

• editors, Don J. Brenner, Noel R. Krieg, James T. Staley (2005). Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology (2nd ed.). New York: Springer. ISBN 0-387-29298-5.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
• Garcia, edited by Jean-Pierre Bélaich, Mireille Bruschi, Jean-Louis (1990). Microbiology and Biochemistry of Strict Anaerobes Involved in Interspecies Hydrogen Transfer. Boston, MA: Springer US. ISBN 1-4613-0613-2.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
• Atlas, Ronald M. (2010). Handbook of microbiological media (4th ed.). Washington, D.C.: Boca Raton, Fla. ISBN 978-1-4398-0408-7.
• (eds.), Robert E. Riding, Stanley M. Awramik (2000). Microbial sediments. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 3-662-04036-0.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
• Thamdrup, Donald E. Canfield ; Erik Kristensen ; Bo (2005). Aquatic geomicrobiology (Transferred to digital print. ed.). London [u.a.]: Elsevier Acad. Press. ISBN 0-12-158340-6.
• Drake, edited by Harold L. (1995). Acetogenesis. Boston, MA: Springer US. ISBN 1-4615-1777-X.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)

References

1. LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de
2. UniProt
3. Sebald, edited by Madaleine (1993). Genetics and Molecular Biology of Anaerobic Bacteria. New York, NY: Springer New York. ISBN 1-4615-7087-5.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)