Syntrophus aciditrophicus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
Class: | Deltaproteobacteria |
Order: | Syntrophobacterales |
Family: | Syntrophaceae |
Genus: | Syntrophus |
Species: | S. aciditrophicus |
Binomial name | |
Syntrophus aciditrophicus Jackson et al. 2001 |
Syntrophus aciditrophicus is a gram-negative and rod-shaped bacterium. It is non-motile, non-spore-forming and grows under strictly anaerobic conditions, thus a obligate anaerobe. It degrades fatty acids and benzoate in syntrophic association with hydrogen-using microorganisms. Its genome was published in 2007.