Desulfacinum infernum

Desulfacinum infernum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Thermodesulfobacteriota
Class: Syntrophobacteria
Order: Syntrophobacterales
Family: Syntrophobacteraceae
Genus: Desulfacinum
Species:
D. infernum
Binomial name
Desulfacinum infernum
Rees et al. 1995

Desulfacinum infernum is a thermophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium, the type species of its genus. Its cells are oval, 1.5 by 2.5-3μm, non-motile and gram-negative.[1]

References

  1. Rees, G. N.; Grassia, G. S.; Sheehy, A. J.; Dwivedi, P. P.; Patel, B. K. C. (1995). "Desulfacinum infernum gen. nov., sp. nov., a Thermophilic Sulfate-Reducing Bacterium from a Petroleum Reservoir". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 45 (1): 85–89. doi:10.1099/00207713-45-1-85. ISSN 0020-7713.