Pelobacter

Pelobacter
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Thermodesulfobacteriota
Class:	Desulfuromonadia
Order:	Desulfuromonadales
Family:	"Pelobacteraceae"; Waite et al. 2020
Genus:	Pelobacter; Schink and Pfennig, 1983
Type species
	Pelobacter acidigallici; Schink and Pfennig, 1983
Species
	P. acetylenicus; P. acidigallici; P. carbinolicus; P. masseliensis; P. propionicus; P. seleniigenes; P. venetianus;

Pelobacter (gr pelos : mud) is a bacterial genus in the order Desulfuromonadales. The cells are rod-shaped with rounded ends and occur in single, pairs or chains. They have a fermentative metabolism.