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Syntrophobacter sulfatireducens

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Kingdom
  
Bacteria

Class
  
Deltaproteobacteria

Family
  
Syntrophobacteraceae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Proteobacteria

Order
  
Syntrophobacterales

Genus
  
Syntrophobacter

Similar
  
Bacteria, Syntrophobacter wolinii, Methanospirillum, Desulfotomaculum, Methanosaeta

Syntrophobacter sulfatireducens is a species of bacteria notable for degrading propionate. It is notable for being syntrophic and for oxidising propionate. Its cells are egg-shaped. TB8106T (=AS 1.5016T=DSM 16706T) is its type strain.

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Syntrophobacter sulfatireducens Wikipedia