Desulfuromonadales

The Desulfuromonadales are an order within the Proteobacteria. Various members of the Desulfomonadales are capable of anaerobic respiration utilizing a variety of compounds as electron acceptors, including sulfur, Mn(IV), Fe(III), nitrate, Co(III), Tc(VII), U(VI) and trichloroacetic acid[1][2]

Desulfuromonadales
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Proteobacteria
Class:	Deltaproteobacteria
Order:	Desulfuromonadales
Families & Genera
Desulfuromonadaceae    Desulfuromonas    Desulfuromusa Pelobacteraceae    Malonomonas    Pelobacter Geobacteraceae    Geoalkalibacter    Geobacter

The order Desulfuromonadales contains the following families and genera:[3]

• Desulfuromonadaceae corrig. Kuever et al. 2006
  • Desulfuromonas Pfennig & Biebl 1977
  • Desulfuromusa Liesack & Finster 1994
• Geobacteraceae Holmes et al. 2004
  • Geoalkalibacter Zavarzina et al. 2007
  • Geobacter Lovley et al. 1995
  • Geopsychrobacter Holmes et al. 2005
  • Geothermobacter Kashefi et al. 2005
• Pelobacteraceae
  • Malonomonas Dehning & Schink 1990
  • Pelobacter Schink & Pfennig 1983

References

1. Garrity, George M.; Brenner, Don J.; Krieg, Noel R.; Staley, James T. (eds.) (2005). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Volume Two: The Proteobacteria, Part C: The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria. New York, New York: Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-24145-6.
2. Martin Dworkin, Stanley Falkow, Eugene Rosenberg, Karl-Heinz Schleifer, Erko Stackebrandt (Hrsg.) The Prokaryotes, A Handbook of the Biology of Bacteria. 7 Bände, 3. Auflage, Springer-Verlag, New York u. a. O., 2006, ISBN 0-387-30740-0. Vol. 2: Ecophysiology and Biochemistry ISBN 0-387-2549-27.
3. National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)

External links

• Geobacter Project