Desulfobacterales
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| Stromatolites next to a volcanic lake, found to harbor abundant Desulfobacterales | |
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| Class: | Delta Proteobacteria
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| Order: | Desulfobacterales
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The Desulfobacterales are an order of sulfate-reducing bacteria, included among the Deltaproteobacteria. There are three families. They are sulfate-reducing bacteria, reducing sulfates to sulfides to obtain energy. They are strict anaerobes.[1]
References
- ^ Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F (2015). "Desulfobacterales ord. nov". In Whitman WB (ed.). Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. John Wiley & Sons. doi:10.1002/9781118960608.