Geobacter lovleyi
Species of bacterium
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Geobacter lovleyi is a gram-negative metal-reducing and tetrachloroethene-dechlorinating proteobacterium. It has potential as a bioremediation organism, and is actively researched as such.[1]
| Geobacter lovleyi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Thermodesulfobacteriota |
| Class: | Desulfuromonadia |
| Order: | Geobacterales |
| Family: | Geobacteraceae |
| Genus: | Geobacter |
| Species: | G. lovleyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Geobacter lovleyi Sung et al. 2009 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Trichlorobacter lovleyi (Sung et al. 2009) Waite et al. 2020 | |