Desulfitobacterium

Desulfitobacterium is a genus of Gram-positive, strictly anaerobic, rod-shaped, spore-forming bacteria from the family of Peptococcaceae.[1][2][3] Desulfitobacterium species have low GC-contents.[3]

Desulfitobacterium
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Firmicutes
Class:	Clostridia
Order:	Clostridiales
Family:	Peptococcaceae
Genus:	Desulfitobacterium Utkin et al. 1994[1]
Type species
Desulfitobacterium dehalogenans[1]
Species
D. aromaticivorans[1] D. chlororespirans[1] D. dehalogenans[1] D. hafniense[1] D. metallireducens[1]

References

1. LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de
2. UniProt
3. Stanley, Falkow; Eugene, Rosenberg; Karl-Heinz, Schleifer; Erko, Stackebrandt (2006). Bacteria : Firmicutes, Cyanobacteria (3. ed.). New York, NY: Springer. ISBN 0-387-25494-3.

Further reading

• Paul De Vos; et al., eds. (2009). Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology (2nd ed.). Dordrecht: Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-68489-5.
• Granzow, Silke (1998). Isolierung und Charakterisierung eines neuen Tetrachlorethen dechlorierenden strikt anaeroben Bakteriums, Desulfitobacterium frappieri Stamm PCE-S. München: Utz, Wiss. ISBN 3-89675-388-6.
• Neilson, Alasdair H.; Allard, Ann-Sofie (2013). Organic chemicals in the environment mechanisms of degradation and transformation (2nd ed.). Boca Raton: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4398-2638-6.
• Hideaki Nojiri; Masataka Tsuda; Masao Fukuda; Yoichi Kamagata, eds. (2014). Biodegradative Bacteria How Bacteria Degrade, Survive, Adapt, and Evolve (Aufl. 2014 ed.). Tokyo: Springer Japan. ISBN 978-4-431-54520-0.
• Stamatelatou, Birgitte K.; Ahring, B. K.; Ahring, I.; Angelidaki, J.; Dolfing, L.; EUegaard, H. N.; Gavala, F.; Haagensen, A. S.; Mogensen, G.; Lyberatos, P. F.; Pind, J. E.; Schmidt, I. V.; Skiadas, K., eds. (2003). Biomethanation II. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 3-540-45838-7.
• Reineke, Spiros N.; Agathos, Walter, eds. (2002). Biotechnology for the Environment: Strategy and Fundamentals. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands. ISBN 94-010-0357-2.