Desulfobacterales

Desulfobacterales
Stromatolites next to a volcanic lake, found to harbor abundant Desulfobacterales
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Thermodesulfobacteriota
Class:
Desulfobacteria

Waite et al. 2020
Order:
Desulfobacterales

Kuever, Rainey & Widdel 2006
Families

See text

Desulfobacterales are an order of sulfate-reducing bacteria within the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria.[1] The order contains three families; Desulfobacteraceae, Desulfobulbaceae, and Nitrospinaceae.[2] The bacterium in this order are strict anaerobic respirators, using sulfate or nitrate as the terminal electron acceptor instead of oxygen. Desulfobacterales can degrade ethanol, molecular hydrogen, organic acids, and small hydrocarbons.[3][4] The bacterium of this order have a wide ecological range and play important environmental roles in symbiotic relationships and nutrient cycling.

  1. ^ Waite, David W; Chuvochina, Maria; Pelikan, Claus; Parks, Donovan H; Yilmaz, Pelin; Wagner, Michael; Loy, Alexander; Naganuma, Takeshi; Nakai, Ryosuke; Whitman, William B; Hahn, Martin W; Kuever, Jan; Hugenholtz, PhilipYR 2020 (2020). "Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (11): 5972–6016. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004213. ISSN 1466-5034. PMID 33151140. S2CID 226257730.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "ITIS - Report: Desulfobacterales". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
  3. ^ Govil, Tanvi; Rathinam, Navanietha K.; Salem, David R.; Sani, Rajesh K. (2019-01-01), Das, Surajit; Dash, Hirak Ranjan (eds.), "Chapter 35 - Taxonomical Diversity of Extremophiles in the Deep Biosphere", Microbial Diversity in the Genomic Era, Academic Press, pp. 631–656, ISBN 978-0-12-814849-5, retrieved 2022-11-06
  4. ^ Marozava, Sviatlana; Mouttaki, Housna; Müller, Hubert; Laban, Nidal Abu; Probst, Alexander J.; Meckenstock, Rainer U. (2018-02-01). "Anaerobic degradation of 1-methylnaphthalene by a member of the Thermoanaerobacteraceae contained in an iron-reducing enrichment culture". Biodegradation. 29 (1): 23–39. doi:10.1007/s10532-017-9811-z. ISSN 1572-9729. PMC 5773621. PMID 29177812.