Cross Index
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

CELLULAR

Staining	Gram-negative
Morphology
Motility
Specialized structures

Division

COLONIAL

Solid surface

Liquid

 

Growth Parameters

PHYSIOLOGICAL

Tropism	Chemoorganotrophic, using formate, acetate, propionate, butyrate, higher fatty acids, lactate, pyruvate, alcohols, benzoate or similar aromatic compounds as carbon sources and also as electron donors for anaerobic respiration; these compounds are completely oxidized to CO2. Sulfate and other oxidized sulfur compounds serve as terminal electron acceptors and are reduced to H2S. In the absence of an external electron acceptor, growth occurs by fermentation of lactate or pyruvate to acetate and propionate.
Oxygen	Strictly anaerobic, having both a respiratory and a fermentative type of metabolism. Utilize protein, peptides or carbohydrates facultatively by sulfur respiration or fermentation
pH
Temperature	Optimum temperature, 30-36`C
Requirements
Products
Enzymes
Unique features

ENVIRONMENTAL

Habitat
Lifestyle
Pathogenicity

Distribution

 

Genome

G+C Mol %

 

Reference

First citation
The Prokaryotes	p
Bergey's Determinative	p

References