Dethiobacter

Book chapter (2019)

Authors

Dimitry Y. Sorokin BT/Environmental Biotechnology - AS
Alexander Merkel Federal Research Centre of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences
Research Group
BT/Environmental Biotechnology (AS) (TU Delft)
Soda lakes Sulfur disproportionation Alkaliphilic Dethiobacter Sulfidogenic
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Published Date

2019

Language

English

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Faculty

Applied Sciences

Department

BT/Biotechnologie

Research Group

BT/Environmental Biotechnology

Abstract

[De.thi.o.bac’ter L. pref. de from, off, away; Gr. neut. n. theion sulfur; N.L. masc. n. bacter a rod; N.L. masc. n. Dethiobacter rod-shaped bacterium that reduces sulfur
compounds]. Dethiobacter is a moderately salt-tolerant and obligately alkaliphilic sulfidogenic anaerobe isolated from soda lake sediments. The genus forms a deep lineage
in the Firmicutes, which is currently classified within the class Dethiobacteria. It is obligately haloalkaliphilic, facultatively chemolithoautotrophic, anaerobic bacterium
able to grow by sulfur and thiosulfate respiration and sulfur disproportionation. The genus includes a single species D. alkaliphilus, which is the type species. DNA G+C content (mol%): 48.5 (genome).Type species: Dethiobacter alkaliphilus Sorokin,Tourova, Mussman and Muyzer, 2008b, 1993VP (Effective publication: Sorokin, Tourova, Mussman and
Muyzer, 2008a, 438).