Petrobacter

Petrobacter
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Hydrogenophilia
Order: Hydrogenophilales
Family: Hydrogenophilaceae
Genus: Petrobacter
Bonilla Salinas et al. 2004
Species:
P. succinatimandens
Binomial name
Petrobacter succinatimandens
Bonilla Salinas et al. 2004

Petrobacter is a genus of gram-negative, non-spore-forming bacteria from the family Hydrogenophilaceae. So far there is only one species known, Petrobacter succinatimandens. It was identified in an Australian oil well.

References

  1. ↑ LSPN bacterio.net
  2. ↑ IJSEM International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology [permanent dead link]
  3. ↑ "Petrobacter succinatimandens gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic, nitrate-reducing bacterium isolated from an Australian oil well". Griffith University. 2004. Retrieved 20 August 2013.