Family Syntrophaceae Order Syntrophobacterales | Class Deltaproteobacteria Phylum Proteobacteria Rank Species | |
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Similar Geobacter metallireducens, Methanospirillum, Deltaproteobacteria | ||
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.
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