''Sulfurovum'' is a genus within the ''
Campylobacterota
Campylobacterota are a phylum of Gram-negative bacteria.
Taxonomy
Until the 2021 revision of bacterial taxonomy by the ICSP, the entire phylum was classified within the Proteobacteria (synonym Pseudomonadota) as the Epsilonproteobacteria and ...
'' which was first described in 2004 with the isolation and description of the type species ''Sulfurovum lithotrophicum'' from Okinawa trough hydrothermal sediments.
Named for their ability to oxidize sulfur and their egg-like shape, cells are gram-negative, coccoid to short rods. Mesophilic chemolithoautotrophic growth occurs by oxidation of sulfur compounds coupled to the reduction of nitrate or molecular oxygen.
Phylogeny
The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the
List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
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(LPSN)
and
National Center for Biotechnology Information
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See also
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List of bacterial orders
This article lists the orders of the Bacteria. The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
and the phylogeny is based on 16 ...
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List of bacteria genera
This article lists the genera of the bacteria
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References
Bacteria genera
Campylobacterota
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