| Cross Index | Desulferella acetivorans |
| 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 | Desulferella acetivorans |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | Gram-negative |
| Morphology | rod shaped to oval, sometimes curved cells 0.4-0.8 x 1-4 um. |
| Motility | laterally inserted flagella |
| Specialized structures |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface | agar colonies are whitish to greyish |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Desulferella acetivorans |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | Chemoorganotrophic acetate 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 sulfur is reduced to H2S. |
| Oxygen | Strictly anaerobic |
| pH | optimum pH 6.8-7.0 |
| Temperature | Optimum temperature, 52-57oC |
| Requirements | growth occurs in simple defined media but growth is stimulated by the addition of yeast extract. |
| Products | sulfur is reduced to hydrogen sulfide. Acetate serves as the electron donor and is completely oxidized to carbon dioxide |
| Enzymes | |
| Unique features |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | organic compound rich geothermal springs |
| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Desulferella acetivorans |
| G+C Mol % |
| Reference | Desulferella acetivorans |
| First citation | Bonch-Osmolovskaya et al 1990 Arch Microbiol 153:151-155 |
| The Prokaryotes | p |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 339 |
| References |