''Pelobacter'' (gr pelos :
mud
A MUD (; originally multi-user dungeon, with later variants multi-user dimension and multi-user domain) is a Multiplayer video game, multiplayer Time-keeping systems in games#Real-time, real-time virtual world, usually Text-based game, text-bas ...
) is a bacterial genus in the order
Desulfuromonadales
The Desulfuromonadales are an order within the Thermodesulfobacteriota. Various members of the Desulfomonadales are capable of anaerobic respiration utilizing a variety of compounds as electron acceptors, including sulfur, Mn(IV), Fe(III), ni ...
. The cells are rod-shaped with rounded ends and occur in single, pairs or chains. They have a
fermentative metabolism.
[Garrity, George M.; Brenner, Don J.; Krieg, Noel R.; Staley, James T. (eds.) (2005). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Volume Two: The Proteobacteria, Part C: The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria. New York, New York: Springer. .]
References
* Martin Dworkin, Stanley Falkow, Eugene Rosenberg, Karl-Heinz Schleifer, Erko Stackebrandt (Hrsg.) ''The Prokaryotes, A Handbook of the Biology of Bacteria''. Volume 7: ''Proteobacteria: Delta and Epsilon Subclasses. Deeply Rooting Bacteria''
External links
PelobacterJ.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
Pelobacteraceae
Bacteria genera
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