Desulfonatronum thiodismutans

Desulfonatronum thiodismutans
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Thermodesulfobacteriota
Class:	Desulfovibrionia
Order:	Desulfovibrionales
Family:	Desulfonatronaceae
Genus:	Desulfonatronum
Species:	D. thiodismutans
Binomial name
Desulfonatronum thiodismutans Pikuta et al. 2003

Desulfonatronum thiodismutans is an alkaliphilic, sulfate-reducing bacterium capable of lithoautotrophic growth. It is Gram-negative, vibrio-shaped, with cells 0.6–0.7×1.2–2.7 μm in size, motile by a single polar flagellum. Its type strain is MLF1^T (=ATCC BAA-395^T =DSM 14708^T).

Further reading

• Soboleva, G. S.; Dulov, L. E.; Pusheva, M. A. (2007). "Dependence of the intracellular concentrations of univalent ions and hydrogenase activity on the salt composition and pH of the medium in the haloalkaliphilic sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfonatronum thiodismutans". Microbiology. 76 (1): 14–19. doi:10.1134/S002626170701002X. ISSN 0026-2617. PMID 17410870. S2CID 24629942.
• Martin G. Klotz; Donald A. Bryant; Thomas E. Hanson (December 2011). The microbial sulfur cycle. Frontiers E-books. pp. 230–. ISBN 978-2-88919-009-6.
• Hoover, Richard B.; Detkova, Ekaterina N.; Pikuta, Elena V.; Hoover, Richard B.; Levin, Gilbert V.; Rozanov, Alexei Y. (2004). Hoover, Richard B.; Levin, Gilbert V.; Rozanov, Alexei Y. (eds.). "Salt-tolerant and high-pH-resistant hydrogenase from the haloalkaliphilic, sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfonatronum thiodismutans". Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology VIII. 5555: 191–202. Bibcode:2004SPIE.5555..191D. doi:10.1117/12.563702. ISSN 0277-786X. S2CID 84152165.

External links

• LPSN
• "Desulfonatronum thiodismutans". The Encyclopedia of Life.
• Type strain of Desulfonatronum thiodismutans at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase