| Desulfobacteria | |
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| Stromatolites next to a volcanic lake, found to harbor abundant Desulfobacterales | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Thermodesulfobacteriota |
| Class: | Desulfobacteria Waite et al. 2020[1] |
| Orders[1][2] | |
The Desulfobacteria are a class of bacteria in the phylum Thermodesulfobacteriota. They are strictly anaerobic respirators, using sulfate or nitrate as the terminal electron acceptors.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Desulfobacteria in LPSN; Freese, H. M.; Meier-Kolthoff, J. P.; Sardà Carbasse, J.; Afolayan, A. O.; Göker, M. (29 October 2025). "TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity". Nucleic Acids Research. 53: D1–D12. doi:10.1093/nar/gkaf1110.
- ^ Schoch CL; et al. "Desulfobacteria". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2025-06-05.
- ^ Das, Surajit; Dash, Hirak Ranjan, eds. (2019). Microbial diversity in the genomic era. London, United Kingdom ; San Diego, CA: Elsevier/Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-12-814849-5. OCLC 1029206067.
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