Pelobacter Schink & Pfennig, 1983
- Dataset
- English Wikipedia - Species Pages
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- phylum
- Thermodesulfobacteriota
- class
- Desulfuromonadia
- order
- Desulfuromonadales
- family
- Pelobacteraceae
- genus
- Pelobacter
Abstract
Pelobacter (gr pelos : mud) is a bacterial genus in the order Desulfuromonadales. The cells are rod-shaped with rounded ends and occur in single, pairs or chains. They have a fermentative metabolism.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. .
Name
- Homonyms
- Pelobacter Schink & Pfennig, 1983