''Oxalobacter vibrioformis'' is an
oxalate-degrading
anaerobic bacterium
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that was isolated from anoxic freshwater sediments.
''O. vibrioformis'' is a
Gram-negative
Gram-negative bacteria are bacteria that do not retain the crystal violet stain used in the Gram staining method of bacterial differentiation. They are characterized by their cell envelopes, which are composed of a thin peptidoglycan cell wall ...
, non-
spore
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-forming, motile, vibrioid rod which belongs to the genus ''
Oxalobacter''. ''O. vibrioformis'' uses
oxalate and
oxamate as its sole source of energy and
acetate
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as its main source of carbon.
References
External links
Type strain of ''Oxalobacter vibrioformis'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Burkholderiales
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