Geobacter sulfurreducens

Geobacter sulfurreducens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Deltaproteobacteria
Order: Desulfuromonadales
Family: Geobacteraceae
Genus: Geobacter
Species: G. sulfurreducens
Caccavo Jr et al., 1994

Geobacter sulfurreducens is a gram-negative metal and sulphur-reducing proteobacterium.[1] It is rod-shaped, obligately anaerobic, non-fermentative, has flagellum and type four pili, and is closely related to Geobacter metallireducens.

References

  1. Caccavo F, Lonergan DJ, Lovley DR, Davis M, Stolz JF, McInerney MJ (October 1994). "Geobacter sulfurreducens sp. nov., a hydrogen- and acetate-oxidizing dissimilatory metal-reducing microorganism". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 60 (10): 3752–9. PMC 201883Freely accessible. PMID 7527204. Retrieved 2013-07-19.

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