Species of bacterium
Pelobacter carbinolicus is a species of bacteria that ferments 2,3-butanediol and acetoin . It is Gram-negative , strictly anaerobic and non-spore -forming. Gra Bd 1 is the type strain.[ 1] Its genome has been sequenced.[ 2]
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