| Cross Index | Desulfomonas pigra reclassified as Desulfovibrio piger |
| SuperSet | Prokaryote, Eubacteria Dissimilatory Sulfate or Sulfur-Reducing Bacteria |
| Compare | Desulferella acetivorans ,Desulfobacter Desulfobacterium, Desulfobulbus, Desulfococcus Desulfomicrobium Desulfomonas pigra reclassified as DesulfovibrioDesulfomonile tiedjei , Desulfonema ,Desulfosarcina variabilis Desulfotomaculum, Desulfovibrio Desulfuromonas acetoxidans Thermodesulfobacterium |
| Contrast | Archaea |
| Subset |
| Morphology | Desulfomonas pigra |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | Gram-negative |
| Morphology | rods that are straight, , |
| Motility | non- motile |
| Specialized structures | Nonsporeforming |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Desulfomonas pigra |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | |
| Oxygen | obligately anaerobic |
| pH | |
| Temperature | |
| Requirements | |
| Products | reduce sulfate to hydrogen sulfide. Nonsaccharoclastic, non-proteolytic. Utilizemetabolic intermediates to produce organic acids and hydrogen. |
| Enzymes | |
| Unique features | Cells contain cytochromes and desulfoviridin. |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | |
| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Desulfomonas pigra |
| G+C Mol % | 66-67 |
| Reference | Desulfomonas pigra |
| First citation | Moore, W.E.C., J.L. Johnson and L.V. Holdeman. 1976. Emendation of Bacteroides and Butyrivibrio and descriptions of Desulfomonas gen. nov. and ten new species in the genera Desulfomonas, Butyrivibrio, Eubacterium, Clostridium, and Ruminococcus IJSB 26: 238-252 |
| The Prokaryotes | p |
| Bergey's Systematatic | p 672 W.E. C. Moore and L.V. Holdeman |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 336 |
| References |