Desulfuromonadales

Desulfuromonadales
Desulfuromonadales
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Deltaproteobacteria
Order: Desulfuromonadales
Families & Genera

Desulfuromonadaceae
   Desulfuromonas
   Desulfuromusa
Pelobacteraceae
   Malonomonas
   Pelobacter
Geobacteraceae
   Geobacter
   Trichlorobacter

The Desulfuromonadales are an order within the Proteobacteria. Various members of the Desulfomonadales are capable of anaerobic respiration utilizing a variety of compounds as electron acceptors, including sulfur, Mn(IV), Fe(III), nitrate, Co(III), Tc(VII), U(VI) and trichloroacetic acid.

The order Desulfuromonadales contains the following families and genera:

  • Desulfuromonadaceae corrig. Kuever et al. 2006
    • Desulfuromonas Pfennig & Biebl 1977
    • Desulfuromusa Liesack & Finster 1994
  • Geobacteraceae Holmes et al. 2004
    • Geobacter Lovley et al. 1995
    • Geopsychrobacter Holmes et al. 2005
    • Geothermobacter Kashefi et al. 2005
    • Trichlorobacter De Wever et al. 2001
  • Pelobacteraceae
    • Malonomonas Dehning & Schink 1990
    • Pelobacter Schink & Pfennig 1983


External Links

Geobacter Project