Pelobacter acetylenicus

Pelobacter acetylenicus
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P. acetylenicus
Binomial name
Pelobacter acetylenicus
Schink 1986
Synonyms
  • Syntrophotalea acetylenica (Schink 1986) Waite et al. 2020

Pelobacter acetylenicus is a strictly anaerobic Gram-negative rod-shaped non-sporeforming bacterium of the genus Pelobacter. It was isolated from marine and freshwater sediments and can use acetylene (ethyne) as its sole source of carbon and energy.