Desulfomonile
| Desulfomonile | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Thermodesulfobacteriota |
| Class: | Desulfomonilia Waite et al. 2020 |
| Order: | Desulfomonilales Waite et al. 2020 |
| Family: | Desulfomonilaceae Waite et al. 2020 |
| Genus: | Desulfomonile DeWeerd et al. 1991 |
| Type species | |
| Desulfomonile tiedjei DeWeerd et al. 1991 | |
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Desulfomonile is a Gram negative, strictly anaerobic, and non-motile bacterial genus from the phylum Desulfobacterota. Desulfomonile bacteria can reduce sulfur oxyanions to H2S. It is the only known member of the family Desulfomonilaceae, order Desulfomonilales, and class Desulfomonilia.