''Desulfobacterium indolicum'' is an oval to rod-shaped,
Gram-negative
Gram-negative bacteria are bacteria that, unlike gram-positive bacteria, do not retain the crystal violet stain used in the Gram staining method of bacterial differentiation. Their defining characteristic is that their cell envelope consists ...
, non-
sporing sulfate-reducing bacterium. Its type strain is In04.
It is notable for its use of particular metabolic pathways,
including
desulfurization
Desulfurization or desulphurisation is a chemical process for the removal of sulfur from a material. The term usually refers to the removal of sulfur from a molecule or a material by hydrogenolysis:
:
Hydrogen is the ultimate sulfur acceptor. A ...
of
diesel
Diesel may refer to:
* Diesel engine, an internal combustion engine where ignition is caused by compression
* Diesel fuel, a liquid fuel used in diesel engines
* Diesel locomotive, a railway locomotive in which the prime mover is a diesel engine ...
.
References
Further reading
*Aribike, D. S., et al. "Biodesulfurization of Kerosene by Desulfobacterium indolicum." Nature and Science 6 (2008).
External links
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LPSNWORMS entryType strain of ''Desulfobacterium indolicum'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Desulfobacterales
Bacteria described in 1988
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