Pelobacter carbinolicus

Pelobacter carbinolicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Deltaproteobacteria
Order: Desulfuromonadales
Family: Pelobacteraceae
Genus: Pelobacter
Species: P. carbinolicus
Binomial name
Pelobacter carbinolicus
Schink 1984

Pelobacter carbinolicus is a species of bacteria that ferments 2,3-butanediol and acetoin. It is Gram-negative, strictly anaerobic and non-spore-forming. Gra Bd 1 is the type strain.[1] Its genome has been sequenced.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Schink, Bernhard (1984). "Fermentation of 2,3-butanediol by Pelobacter carbinolicus sp. nov. and Pelobacter propionicus sp. nov., and evidence for propionate formation from C2 compounds". Archives of Microbiology. 137 (1): 33–41. doi:10.1007/BF00425804. ISSN 0302-8933.
  2. ↑ Aklujkar, Muktak; Haveman, Shelley A; DiDonato, Raymond; Chertkov, Olga; Han, Cliff S; Land, Miriam L; Brown, Peter; Lovley, Derek R (2012). "The genome of Pelobacter carbinolicus reveals surprising metabolic capabilities and physiological features". BMC Genomics. 13 (1): 690. doi:10.1186/1471-2164-13-690. ISSN 1471-2164. PMC 3543383. PMID 23227809.

Further reading

  • D. R. Lovley, E. J. Phillips, D. J. Lonergan & P. K. Widman (June 1995). "Fe(III) and S0 reduction by Pelobacter carbinolicus". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 61 (6): 2132–2138. PMC 167486. PMID 7793935.
  • Richter, H.; Lanthier, M.; Nevin, K. P.; Lovley, D. R. (2007). "Lack of Electricity Production by Pelobacter carbinolicus Indicates that the Capacity for Fe(III) Oxide Reduction Does Not Necessarily Confer Electron Transfer Ability to Fuel Cell Anodes". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 73 (16): 5347–5353. doi:10.1128/AEM.00804-07. ISSN 0099-2240. PMC 1950970. PMID 17574993.
  • Haveman, S. A.; Holmes, D. E.; Ding, Y.-H. R.; Ward, J. E.; DiDonato, R. J.; Lovley, D. R. (2006). "c-Type Cytochromes in Pelobacter carbinolicus". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 72 (11): 6980–6985. doi:10.1128/AEM.01128-06. ISSN 0099-2240.


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