Desulfurella amilsii

Desulfurella amilsii
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D. amilsii
Binomial name
Desulfurella amilsii
Florentino et al. 2016
Type strain
DSM 29984, JCM 30680, strain TR1

Desulfurella amilsii is a Gram-negative, non-spore-forming, obligately anaerobic sulfur-reducing, acidotolerant, moderately thermophilic and motile bacterium from the genus of Desulfurella which has been isolated from river sediments from the Tinto River in Spain. Desulfurella amilsii phenotypic characterization is also able to utilize thiosulfate as an electron acceptor and ferment pyruvate. In addition, it uses formate as an electron donor and can have a pH as low as 3.

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