Desulfococcus multivorans

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| name = Desulfococcus multivorans

| domain = Bacteria

| phylum = Thermodesulfobacteriota

| classis = Desulfobacteria

| ordo = Desulfobacterales

| familia = Desulfococcaceae

| genus = Desulfococcus

| species = D. multivorans

| binomial = Desulfococcus multivorans

| binomial_authority = Widdel 1981{{cite journal| vauthors = Parte AC |title=Desulfococcus|website=LPSN|url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/desulfococcus}}

| type_strain = "Göttingen", 1be1, ATCC 33890, DSM 2059, Gö, KCTC 2420, KCTC 4005, NCIMB 12965, ttingen{{cite journal|title=Desulfococcus multivorans Taxon Passport - StrainInfo|website=www.straininfo.net|url=http://www.straininfo.net/taxa/5056|language=en}}{{dead link|date=February 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

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Desulfococcus multivorans is a sulfate-reducing bacterium from the genus of Desulfococcus which has been isolated from a sewage digester in Germany.{{cite journal|title=Details: DSM-2059|website=www.dsmz.de|url=https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-2059.html|language=en}}{{cite journal | vauthors = Dörries M, Wöhlbrand L, Kube M, Reinhardt R, Rabus R | title = Genome and catabolic subproteomes of the marine, nutritionally versatile, sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfococcus multivorans DSM 2059 | journal = BMC Genomics | volume = 17 | issue = 1 | pages = 918 | date = November 2016 | pmid = 27846794 | pmc = 5109826 | doi = 10.1186/s12864-016-3236-7 | doi-access = free }}{{cite book| veditors = Krieg NR, Holt JG |title= Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology|date=1984|publisher=Williams & Wilkins|location=Baltimore|isbn=0-683-04108-8|edition=9th}}{{cite journal| vauthors = Parker CT, Wigley S, Garrity GM | veditors = Parker CT, Garrity GM |title=Nomenclature Abstract for Desulfococcus multivorans Widdel 1981.|journal=The NamesforLife Abstracts|doi=10.1601/nm.3568|language=en|year=2009 }}