Desulfovirgula

Desulfovirgula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Firmicutes
Class:	Clostridia
Order:	Thermoanaerobacteriales
Family:	Thermoanaerobacteraceae
Genus:	Desulfovirgula

Desulfovirgula is a genus of sulfate reducing aerobic endospore-forming Gram-positive thermophilic motile rod-shaped bacteria, isolated from a geothermally active underground mine. Desulfovirgula thermocuniculi is the sole species in the genus. Electron acceptors that this organism can utilize include sulfate, sulfite, thiosulfate and elemental sulfur, while H₂ (in the presence of CO₂) and carboxylic acids can be utilized as electron donors.^[1]

References

1. ^ Kaksonen AH, Spring S, Schumann P, Kroppenstedt RM, Puhakka JA (2007). "Desulfovirgula thermocuniculi gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic sulfate-reducer isolated from a geothermal underground mine in Japan". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 57 (1): 98–102. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.64655-0. PMID 17220449.