Pelobacter propionicus

Pelobacter propionicus is a species of bacteria that ferments 2,3-butanediol and acetoin. It is Gram-negative, strictly anaerobic and non-spore-forming. Ott Bd 1 is the type strain.^[1]

Pelobacter propionicus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Thermodesulfobacteriota
Class:	Desulfuromonadia
Order:	Desulfuromonadales
Family:	Pelobacteraceae
Genus:	Pelobacter
Species:	P. propionicus
Binomial name
Pelobacter propionicus Schink 1984
Synonyms
"Pseudopelobacter propionicus" (Schink 1984) Waite et al. 2020

See also

• List of bacterial orders
• List of bacteria genera