Geobacter bemidjiensis Bem
   
   
 

Geobacter bemidjiensis was isolated from petroleum contaminated aquifer sediment.   The sequencing of this organism adds to the Geobacteraceae that were isolated from the subsurface sediments which most often the location of bioremediation strategies of interest to the DOE.  

Geobacter bemidjiensis has many similar characteristics to other described Geobacter species including the ability to couple metal reduction to the oxidation of acetate. G. bemidjiensis also has the ability to oxidize a variety of other substrates including aromatic compounds.

References :

K. P. Nevin, D. E. Holmes, T. L. Woodard, E. S. Hinlein, D. W. Ostendorf and D. R. Lovley. Geobacter bemidjiensis sp. nov. and Geobacter psychrophilus sp. nov., two new Fe(III)-reducing subsurface isolates. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 2005, 55(4): 1667-1674 .

O. L. Snoeyenbos-West, K. P. Nevin, R. T. Anderson and D. R. Lovley. Enrichment of Geobacter species in response to stimulation of Fe(III) reduction in sandy aquifer sediments. Microbial Ecology, 2000, 39(2): 153-167.