A new anaerobic, sporing, acetate-oxidizing, sulfate-reducing bacterium, Desulfotomaculum (emend.) acetoxidans (original) (raw)

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A new strictly anaerobic, polarly flagellated, sporing, acetate-oxidizing, sulfate-reducing bacterium was isolated from anaerobic fresh or sea water mud samples. The oxidation of acetate to CO2 is stoichiometrically linked to the formation of H2S from sulfate. Ethanol, butanol and butyrate are also used. Hydrogen, lactate or pyruvate are not used as electron donors; organic substances are not fermented. A cytochrome of the _b_-type and a supposed sulfite reductase, P582, were detected spectrophotometrically. An emended description of the genus Desulfotomaculum is proposed which includes the new bacterium as the species Desulfotomaculum acetoxidans.

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1. Institut für Mikrobiologie der Gesellschaft für Strahlen-und Umweltforschung mbH München in Göttingen, Grisebachstr. 8, D-3400, Göttingen, Germany
   Friedrich Widdel & Norbert Pfennig

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1. Friedrich Widdel
2. Norbert Pfennig

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Widdel, F., Pfennig, N. A new anaerobic, sporing, acetate-oxidizing, sulfate-reducing bacterium, Desulfotomaculum (emend.) acetoxidans.Arch. Microbiol. 112, 119–122 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00446665

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• Received: 11 November 1976
• Issue date: February 1977
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00446665

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