Desulfobacteria

Desulfobacteria
Stromatolites next to a volcanic lake, found to harbor abundant Desulfobacterales
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Thermodesulfobacteriota
Class: Desulfobacteria
Waite et al. 2020
Orders

The Desulfobacteria are a class of bacteria in the phylum Thermodesulfobacteriota. They are strictly anaerobic respirators, using sulfate or nitrate as the terminal electron acceptors.