Denitrovibrio acetiphilus
Classification
Domain: Bacteria; Phylum: Deferribacteres; Class: Deferribacteres; Order: Deferribacterales; family: Deferribacteraceae genus: Denitrovibrio. (1)
Species
Species: acetiphilus (2)
NCBI: Taxonomy |
Denitrovibrio acetiphilus
Description and Significance
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Genome Structure
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Cell Structure, Metabolism and Life Cycle
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Ecology and Pathogenesis
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References
(1) Denitrovibrio acetiphilus taxonomy - (http://www.catalogueoflife.org/details/species/id/4257206) (2) Myhr, S., and Torsvik, T. "Denitrovibrio acetiphilus, a novel genus and species of dissimilatory nitrate-reducing bacterium isolated from an oil reservoir model column". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology". 2000. Volume 50. pgs. 1611–1619 (http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/content/50/4/1611.full.pdf).
Authors
Page authored by Rodney Tocco, Minh Tran, Samantha Wengert, and Eric Werner, students of Prof. Jay Lennon at Michigan State University.
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