Desulfurispirillum

Book chapter (2019)

Authors

Dimitry Y. Sorokin BT/Environmental Biotechnology - AS
Alexander Merkel Federal Research Centre of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences
Max M. Haggblom Rutgers University
Research Group
BT/Environmental Biotechnology (AS) (TU Delft)
Chrysiogenetes Sulfur respiration Arsenate respiration Https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/Desulfurispirillum indicum Https://onlinelibrary.wiley.Desulfurispirillum alkaliphilum
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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.sul.fu.ri.spi.ril’lum. L. pref. de from, off, away; L. neut. n. sulfur sulfur; N.L. dim. neut. n. spirillum, a small spiral (from L. fem. n. spira, spiral); N.L. neut. n. Desulfurispirillum, a spirillum that reduces sulfur. The genus Desulfurispirillum is a member of the family Chrysiogenaceae in the phylum Chrysiogenetes. Members of Desulfurispirillum are obligate anaerobes, which can reduce nitrate to ammonia. Some strains also respire arsenate, sulfur, or selenate. They are moderately salt tolerant and either alkaliphilic or neutrophilic mesophiles. The genus currently includes two species: D. alkaliphilum, the type species of the genus, and D. indicum. DNA G+C content (mol%): 45–56. Type species: Desulfurispirillum alkaliphilum Sorokin, Foti, Tindall and Muyzer 2010, 1VP (Effective publication: Sorokin, Foti, Tindall and Muyzer 2007, 368).