| Desulfobacteria | |
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| Stromatolites next to a volcanic lake, found to harbor abundant Desulfobacterales | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Thermodesulfobacteriota |
| Class: | Desulfobacteria Waite et al. 2020[1] |
| Orders[2][1] | |
The Desulfobacteria are a class of bacteria in the phylum Thermodesulfobacteriota. They are strictly anaerobic respirators, using sulfate or nitrate as the terminal electron acceptors.[3]
References
- 1 2 A.C. Parte; et al. "Desulfobacteria". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2025-02-28.
- ↑ C.L. Schoch; et al. "Desulfobacteria". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
- ↑ Das, Surajit; Dash, Hirak Ranjan, eds. (2019). Microbial diversity in the genomic era. London, United Kingdom ; San Diego, CA: Elsevier/Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-12-814849-5. OCLC 1029206067.
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