Paradesulfitobacterium aromaticivorans UKTL is an anaerobe, spore-forming, Gram-positive bacterium that was isolated from soil of a former coal gasification site.
spore-forming Gram-positive motile rod-shaped anaerobe 16S sequence Bacteria| @ref 20215 |
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| Domain Bacteria |
| Phylum Bacillota |
| Class Clostridia |
| Order Eubacteriales |
| Family Desulfitobacteriaceae |
| Genus Paradesulfitobacterium |
| Species Paradesulfitobacterium aromaticivorans |
| Full scientific name Paradesulfitobacterium aromaticivorans (Kunapuli et al. 2010) Li et al. 2021 |
| Synonyms (1) |
| @ref | Name | Growth | Medium link | Composition | |
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| 8140 | PARADESULFITOBACTERIUM MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 1243) | Medium recipe at MediaDive  | Name: PARADESULFITOBACTERIUM MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 1243) Composition: Ferric citrate 13.5509 g/l Na-pyruvate 2.4728 g/l NaHCO3 2.4728 g/l KCl 0.49456 g/l MgCl2 x 6 H2O 0.395648 g/l NH4Cl 0.24728 g/l KH2PO4 0.197824 g/l Na2S x 9 H2O 0.098912 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.0296736 g/l Nitrilotriacetic acid 0.0148368 g/l NaCl 0.0098912 g/l MnSO4 x H2O 0.0049456 g/l CoSO4 x 7 H2O 0.00178042 g/l ZnSO4 x 7 H2O 0.00178042 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.00098912 g/l FeSO4 x 7 H2O 0.00098912 g/l NiCl2 x 6 H2O 0.000296736 g/l AlK(SO4)2 x 12 H2O 0.000197824 g/l Pyridoxine hydrochloride 9.8912e-05 g/l Na2MoO4 x 2 H2O 9.8912e-05 g/l CuSO4 x 5 H2O 9.8912e-05 g/l H3BO3 9.8912e-05 g/l p-Aminobenzoic acid 4.9456e-05 g/l Thiamine HCl 4.9456e-05 g/l (DL)-alpha-Lipoic acid 4.9456e-05 g/l Nicotinic acid 4.9456e-05 g/l Riboflavin 4.9456e-05 g/l Calcium D-(+)-pantothenate 4.9456e-05 g/l Folic acid 1.97824e-05 g/l Biotin 1.97824e-05 g/l Na2WO4 x 2 H2O 3.95648e-06 g/l Na2SeO3 x 5 H2O 2.96736e-06 g/l Vitamin B12 9.8912e-07 g/l Distilled water |
Global distribution of 16S sequence EU711071 (>99% sequence identity) for Desulfitobacterium aromaticivorans subclade from Microbeatlas 
 Aquatic Samples |
43 |
 Soil Samples |
14 |
 Animal Samples |
6 |
 Plant Samples |
2 |
| Total Samples | 65 |
| Topic | Title | Authors | Journal | DOI | Year | |
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| Phylogeny | Desulfitobacterium aromaticivorans sp. nov. and Geobacter toluenoxydans sp. nov., iron-reducing bacteria capable of anaerobic degradation of monoaromatic hydrocarbons. | Kunapuli U, Jahn MK, Lueders T, Geyer R, Heipieper HJ, Meckenstock RU | Int J Syst Evol Microbiol | 10.1099/ijs.0.003525-0 | 2009 |  |
How to citeIf you want to cite this particular strain cite the following doi:
https://doi.org/10.13145/bacdive11772.20260601.11
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BacDive in 2025: the core database for prokaryotic strain data
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