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''Sulfurovum'' is a genus within the ''
Campylobacterota Campylobacterota are a phylum of bacteria. All species of this phylum are Gram-negative. The Campylobacterota consist of few known genera, mainly the curved to spirilloid ''Wolinella'' spp., ''Helicobacter'' spp., and ''Campylobacter'' spp. Most ...
'' which was first described in 2004 with the isolation and description of the type species ''Sulfurovum lithotrophicum'' from Okinawa trough hydrothermal sediments. Named for their ability to oxidize sulfur and their egg-like shape, cells are gram-negative, coccoid to short rods. Mesophilic chemolithoautotrophic growth occurs by oxidation of sulfur compounds coupled to the reduction of nitrate or molecular oxygen.


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Bacteria genera Campylobacterota {{Campylobacterota-stub