Oxalobacter vibrioformis

Oxalobacter vibrioformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Order: Burkholderiales
Family: Oxalobacteraceae
Genus: Oxalobacter
Species: O. vibrioformis
Binomial name
Oxalobacter vibrioformis

Oxalobacter vibrioformis is an oxalate-degrading anaerobic bacterium which was isolated from anoxic freshwater sediments.[1] O. vibrioformis is a Gram-negative, nonspore-forming, motile, vibrioid rod which belongs to the genus Oxalobacter. O. vibrioformis uses oxalate as its sole source of energy and acetate as its main source of carbon.[2][3]

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