| Desulfobacteraceae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Myxococcota |
| Order: | Desulfobacterales |
| Family: | Desulfobacteraceae Kuever, Rainey & Widdel 2006 |
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The Desulfobacteraceae are a family of Thermodesulfobacteriota. They reduce sulfates to sulfides to obtain energy and are strictly anaerobic. They have a respiratory and fermentative type of metabolism. Some species are chemolithotrophic and use inorganic materials to obtain energy and use hydrogen as their electron donor.