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| Geobacter | |
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| Geobacter sulfurreducens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Thermodesulfobacteriota |
| Class: | Desulfuromonadia |
| Order: | Geobacterales |
| Family: | Geobacteraceae |
| Genus: | Geobacter Lovley et al. 1995[1] |
| Type species | |
| Geobacter metallireducens Lovley et al. 1995
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Geobacter is a genus of bacteria. Geobacter species are anaerobic respiration bacterial species which have capabilities that make them useful in bioremediation. Geobacter was found to be the first organism with the ability to oxidize organic compounds and metals, including iron, radioactive metals, and petroleum compounds into environmentally benign carbon dioxide while using iron oxide or other available metals as electron acceptors.[2] Geobacter species are also found to be able to respire upon a graphite electrode.[3] They have been found in anaerobic conditions in soils and aquatic sediment.[4]
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LPSNwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Childers, Susan (2002). "Geobacter metallireducens accesses insoluble Fe (III) oxide by chemotaxis". Nature. 416 (6882): 767–769. Bibcode:2002Natur.416..767C. doi:10.1038/416767a. PMID 11961561. S2CID 2967856.
- ^ Bond, Daniel (Mar 2003). "Electricity Production by Geobacter sulfurreducens Attached to Electrodes". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 69 (3): 1548–1555. Bibcode:2003ApEnM..69.1548B. doi:10.1128/AEM.69.3.1548-1555.2003. PMC 150094. PMID 12620842.
- ^ Lovley DR, Stolz JF, Nord GL, Phillips EJP (1987). "Anaerobic Production of Magnetite by a Dissimilatory Iron-Reducing Microorganism" (PDF). Nature. 350 (6145): 252–254. Bibcode:1987Natur.330..252L. doi:10.1038/330252a0. S2CID 4234140.