Dethiosulfatibacter Takii et al. 2007
General information
Name
Dethiosulfatibacter
Valid publication
2007
Lineage
Root.
Bacteria.
Firmicutes.
Clostridia.
Clostridiales.
Dethiosulfatibacter
Nomenclature type
Dethiosulfatibacter aminovorans
Etymology
L. pref. <i>de</i>, from; N.L. n. <i>thiosulfas</i> -<i>atis</i>, thiosulfate; N.L. masc. n. <i>bacter</i>, a rod or staff; N.L. masc. n. <i>Dethiosulfatibacter</i>, a rod-shaped thiosulfate-reducer.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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Rod-shaped cells, singly or in pairs and sometimes forming short chains. Gram stain is negative, non-motile, no spore formation. Strictly anaerobic, mesophilic, neutrophilic and halophilic. Thiosulfate and elemental sulfur can serve as terminal electron acceptors, but sulfate, sulfite and nitrate are not reduced. Amino acids and some organic acids are incompletely oxidized by thiosulfate or sulfur reduction and are fermented to short chain fatty acids such as acetate and propionate.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
---|---|---|---|
M021702010005001 | Dethiosulfatibacter aminovorans | Species | 332095 |
References
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Takii, S., Hanada, S., Tamaki, H., Ueno, Y., Sekiguchi, Y., Ibe, A., and Matsuura, K. Dethiosulfatibacter aminovorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thiosulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from a sulfate-reducing mixed culture enriched with Casamino acids from coastal marine sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2007) 57:2320-2326.[DOI:10.1099/ijs.0.64882-0]
[PMID:17911304]