Fusibacter
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| Fusibacter | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Bacillota |
| Class: | Clostridia |
| Order: | Eubacteriales |
| Family: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | Fusibacter Ravot et al. 1999[1] |
| Type species | |
| Fusibacter paucivorans Ravot et al. 1999 | |
| Species[2] | |
Fusibacter is a genus of bacteria within the phylum Bacillota. Species are most well known from technical environments, Fusibacter fontis being the first described species of this genus isolated from a natural environment. The reported members of this genus are fermentative and halotolerant anaerobes. Moreover, these species share sulfur-reducing features capable of generating sulfide starting from elemental sulfur or thiosulfate sources.
The first draft genome of a strain of Fusibacter recovered from a saline environment in Northern Chile has been reported.[3]
