Desulfocapsa thiozymogenes

Desulfocapsa thiozymogenes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Deltaproteobacteria
Order: Desulfobacterales
Family: Desulfobulbaceae
Genus: Desulfocapsa
Species: D. thiozymogenes
Janssen et al. 1997
Binomial name
Desulfocapsa thiozymogenes

Desulfocapsa thiozymogenes is an anaerobic, gram-negative bacterium. It disproportionates elemental sulfur. It is the type species of its genus.[1]

References

  1. Janssen, P. H.; Schuhmann, Alexandra; Bak, F.; Liesack, Werner (1996). "Disproportionation of inorganic sulfur compounds by the sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfocapsa thiozymogenes gen. nov., sp. nov". Archives of Microbiology. 166 (3): 184–192. doi:10.1007/s002030050374. ISSN 0302-8933.

Further reading

  • Tonolla M, Demarta A, Peduzzi S, Hahn D, Peduzzi R (2000). "In situ analysis of sulfate-reducing bacteria related to Desulfocapsa thiozymogenes in the chemocline of meromictic Lake Cadagno (Switzerland)". Appl Environ Microbiol. 66 (2): 820–4. doi:10.1128/aem.66.2.820-824.2000. PMC 91902. PMID 10653757.
  • Canfield, Donald E., and Bo Thamdrup. Aquatic geomicrobiology. Gulf Professional Publishing, 2005.


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