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''Fusibacter'' is a genus of bacteria within the phylum
Bacillota The Bacillota (synonym Firmicutes) are a phylum of bacteria, most of which have gram-positive cell wall structure. The renaming of phyla such as Firmicutes in 2021 remains controversial among microbiologists, many of whom continue to use the earl ...
. Species are most well known from technical environments, ''Fusibacter fontis'' being the first described species of this genus isolated from a natural environment. The reported members of this genus are fermentative and halotolerant anaerobes. Moreover, these species share sulfur-reducing features capable of generating sulfide starting from elemental sulfur or thiosulfate sources. The first draft genome of a strain of ''Fusibacter'' recovered from a saline environment in Northern Chile has been reported.


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{{Taxonbar, from=Q3754894 Peptostreptococcaceae Bacteria genera Taxa described in 1999