Desulfonatronum thiodismutans

Desulfonatronum thiodismutans
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Thermodesulfobacteriota
Class:	Desulfovibrionia
Order:	Desulfovibrionales
Family:	Desulfonatronaceae
Genus:	Desulfonatronum
Species:	D. thiodismutans
Binomial name
	Desulfonatronum thiodismutans; Pikuta et al. 2003

Desulfonatronum thiodismutans is an alkaliphilic, sulfate-reducing bacterium capable of lithoautotrophic growth. It is Gram-negative, vibrio-shaped, with cells 0.6–0.7×1.2–2.7 μm in size, motile by a single polar flagellum. Its type strain is MLF1^T (=ATCC BAA-395^T =DSM 14708^T).^[1]

^ Pikuta, E. V. (2003). "Desulfonatronum thiodismutans sp. nov., a novel alkaliphilic, sulfate-reducing bacterium capable of lithoautotrophic growth". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 53 (5): 1327–1332. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02598-0. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 13130014.

[Pikuta2003-1] Pikuta, E. V. (2003). "Desulfonatronum thiodismutans sp. nov., a novel alkaliphilic, sulfate-reducing bacterium capable of lithoautotrophic growth". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 53 (5): 1327–1332. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02598-0. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 13130014.

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