Pelobacter carbinolicus explained

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]

Further reading

• D. R. Lovley . E. J. Phillips . D. J. Lonergan . P. K. Widman . amp . Fe(III) and S0 reduction by Pelobacter carbinolicus . . 61 . 6 . 2132–2138 . June 1995 . 10.1128/AEM.61.6.2132-2138.1995 . 7793935 . 167486.
• Richter. H.. Lanthier. M.. Nevin. K. P.. Lovley. D. R.. Lack of Electricity Production by Pelobacter carbinolicus Indicates that the Capacity for Fe(III) Oxide Reduction Does Not Necessarily Confer Electron Transfer Ability to Fuel Cell Anodes. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 73. 16. 2007. 5347–5353. 0099-2240. 10.1128/AEM.00804-07. 17574993. 1950970.
• Haveman. S. A.. Holmes. D. E.. Ding. Y.-H. R.. Ward. J. E.. DiDonato. R. J.. Lovley. D. R.. c-Type Cytochromes in Pelobacter carbinolicus. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 72. 11. 2006. 6980–6985. 0099-2240. 10.1128/AEM.01128-06. 16936056. 1636167.

External links

• • LPSN
• Type strain of Pelobacter carbinolicus at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Notes and References

1. Schink. Bernhard. Fermentation of 2,3-butanediol by Pelobacter carbinolicus sp. nov. and Pelobacter propionicus sp. nov., and evidence for propionate formation from C2 compounds. Archives of Microbiology. 137. 1. 1984. 33–41. 0302-8933. 10.1007/BF00425804. 10262020.
2. Aklujkar. Muktak. Haveman. Shelley A. DiDonato. Raymond. Chertkov. Olga. Han. Cliff S. Land. Miriam L. Brown. Peter. Lovley. Derek R. The genome of Pelobacter carbinolicus reveals surprising metabolic capabilities and physiological features. BMC Genomics. 13. 1. 2012. 690. 1471-2164. 10.1186/1471-2164-13-690. 23227809. 3543383 . free .