:Pelobacter venetianus

{{Short description|Species of bacterium}}

{{Taxobox

| domain = Bacteria

| phylum = Thermodesulfobacteriota

| classis = Desulfuromonadia

| ordo = Desulfuromonadales

| familia = "Pelobacteraceae"

| genus = Pelobacter

| species = P. venetianus

| binomial = Pelobacter venetianus

| binomial_authority = Schink & Stieb 1983

| synonyms =

• Syntrophotalea venetiana (Schink & Stieb 1984) Waite et al. 2020

}}

Pelobacter venetianus is a species of bacteria that degrade polyethylene glycol.{{cite journal|last1=Straß|first1=Axel|last2=Schink|first2=Bernhard|title=Fermentation of polyethylene glycol via acetaldehyde in Pelobacter venetianus|journal=Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology|volume=25|issue=1|year=1986|pages=37–42|issn=0175-7598|doi=10.1007/BF00252510|citeseerx=10.1.1.1012.7153|s2cid=16720583}} It is strictly anaerobic, Gram-negative, and nonspore-forming.{{cite journal |vauthors=Schink B, Stieb M |title=Fermentative degradation of polyethylene glycol by a strictly anaerobic, gram-negative, non-spore-forming bacterium, Pelobacter venetianus sp. nov |journal=Applied and Environmental Microbiology |volume=45 |issue=6 |pages=1905–13 |date=June 1983 |doi=10.1128/AEM.45.6.1905-1913.1983 |pmid=6881964 |pmc=242557 |url=}}