- Source: 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.
References
Further reading
Evers, Stefan; Weizenegger, Michael; Ludwig, Wolfgang; Schink, Bernhard; Schleifer, Karl-Heinz (1993). "The Phylogenetic Positions of Pelobacter acetylenicus and Pelobacter propionicus". Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 16 (2): 216–218. doi:10.1016/S0723-2020(11)80470-4. ISSN 0723-2020.
Schink, B.; Kremer, D. R.; Hansen, T. A. (1987). "Pathway of propionate formation from ethanol in Pelobacter propionicus". Archives of Microbiology. 147 (4): 321–327. doi:10.1007/BF00406127. ISSN 0302-8933. S2CID 15772427.
External links
"Pelobacter propionicus". The Encyclopedia of Life.
LPSN
Type strain of Pelobacter propionicus at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
