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SUBMITTER: Copeland A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3035215 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Standards in genomic sciences 20090720 1
Desulfomicrobium baculatum is the type species of the genus Desulfomicrobium, which is the type genus of the family Desulfomicrobiaceae. It is of phylogenetic interest because of the isolated location of the family Desulfomicrobiaceae within the order Desulfovibrionales. D. baculatum strain X(T) is a Gram-negative, motile, sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from water-saturated manganese carbonate ore. It is strictly anaerobic and does not require NaCl for growth, although NaCl concentrations u ...[more]