Oxalobacter vibrioformis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
Order: | Burkholderiales |
Family: | Oxalobacteraceae |
Genus: | Oxalobacter |
Species: | O. vibrioformis |
Binomial name | |
Oxalobacter vibrioformis |
Oxalobacter vibrioformis is an oxalate-degrading anaerobic bacterium which was isolated from anoxic freshwater sediments.O. vibrioformis is a Gram-negative, nonspore-forming, motile, vibrioid rod which belongs to the genus Oxalobacter. O. vibrioformis uses oxalate as its sole source of energy and acetate as its main source of carbon.