Desulfocapsa thiozymogenes

Desulfocapsa thiozymogenes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Thermodesulfobacteriota
Class:	Desulfobulbia
Order:	Desulfobulbales
Family:	Desulfocapsaceae
Genus:	Desulfocapsa
Species:	D. thiozymogenes
Binomial name
Desulfocapsa thiozymogenes Janssen et al. 1997

Desulfocapsa thiozymogenes is an anaerobic, gram-negative bacterium. It disproportionates elemental sulfur. It is the type species of its genus. ^[1]

References

1. Janssen, P. H.; Schuhmann, Alexandra; Bak, F.; Liesack, Werner (1996). "Disproportionation of inorganic sulfur compounds by the sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfocapsa thiozymogenes gen. nov., sp. nov". Archives of Microbiology. 166 (3): 184–192. doi:10.1007/s002030050374. ISSN   0302-8933. S2CID   23763422.

Further reading

• Tonolla M, Demarta A, Peduzzi S, Hahn D, Peduzzi R (2000). "In situ analysis of sulfate-reducing bacteria related to Desulfocapsa thiozymogenes in the chemocline of meromictic Lake Cadagno (Switzerland)". Appl Environ Microbiol. 66 (2): 820–4. doi:10.1128/aem.66.2.820-824.2000. PMC   91902 . PMID   10653757.
• Canfield, Donald E., and Bo Thamdrup. Aquatic geomicrobiology. Gulf Professional Publishing, 2005.

External links

• "Desulfocapsa thiozymogenes". The Encyclopedia of Life .
• LPSN
• Type strain of Desulfocapsa thiozymogenes at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase