Pelobacter

{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}}

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{{Taxobox

| domain = Bacteria

| phylum = Thermodesulfobacteriota

| classis = Desulfuromonadia

| ordo = Desulfuromonadales

| familia = "Pelobacteraceae"

| familia_authority =Waite et al. 2020

| genus = Pelobacter

| genus_authority = Schink and Pfennig, 1983{{Cite web|url=https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/18|title=Pelobacter|website=www.uniprot.org}}

| type_species = Pelobacter acidigallici

| type_species_authority = Schink and Pfennig, 1983

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

• 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.Garrity, George M.; Brenner, Don J.; Krieg, Noel R.; Staley, James T. (eds.) (2005). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Volume Two: The Proteobacteria, Part C: The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria. New York, New York: Springer. {{ISBN|978-0-387-24145-6}}.