''Desulfococcus biacutus'' is a
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 ...
and strictly
anaerobic
Anaerobic means "living, active, occurring, or existing in the absence of free oxygen", as opposed to aerobic which means "living, active, or occurring only in the presence of oxygen." Anaerobic may also refer to:
*Adhesive#Anaerobic, Anaerobic ad ...
bacterium from the genus of
Desulfococcus
''Desulfococcus'' is a Gram-negative, anaerobic and motile bacteria genus from the family of Desulfococcaceae.
Phylogeny
The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) and Nation ...
which has been isolated from anaerobic digestor sludge in
Germany
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References
Further reading
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External links
Type strain of ''Desulfococcus biacutus'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Desulfobacterales
Bacteria described in 1991
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