Desulfuromonas acetoxidans explained

Desulfuromonas acetoxidans is a species of bacteria. It is strictly anaerobic, rod-shaped, laterally flagellated and Gram-negative. It is unable to ferment organic substances; it obtains energy for growth by anaerobic sulfur respiration.^[1]

Further reading

• Roden EE, Lovley DR . Dissimilatory Fe(III) Reduction by the Marine Microorganism Desulfuromonas acetoxidans . . 59 . 3 . 734–42 . March 1993 . 16348888 . 202183 .
• Alves. Alexandra S.. Paquete. Catarina M.. Fonseca. Bruno M.. Louro. Ricardo O.. Exploration of the ‘cytochromome’ of Desulfuromonas acetoxidans, a marine bacterium capable of powering microbial fuel cells. Metallomics. 3. 4. 2011. 349. 1756-5901. 10.1039/c0mt00084a. free.
• Book: Falkow, Stanley . Dworkin, Martin . The prokaryotes: a handbook on the biology of bacteria . Springer . Berlin . 2006 . 0-387-25492-7 .

External links

• Geobacter Project
• Type strain of Desulfuromonas acetoxidans at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Notes and References

1. Pfennig. Norbert. Biebl. Hanno. Desulfuromonas acetoxidans gen. nov. and sp. nov., a new anaerobic, sulfur-reducing, acetate-oxidizing bacterium. Archives of Microbiology. 110. 1. 1976. 3–12. 0302-8933. 10.1007/BF00416962.