pelobacter acidigallici pelobacter acidigallici pelobacter acidigallici is the type species in the bacterial genus pelobacter. pelobacter acidigallici scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: thermodesulfobacteriota class: desulfuromonadia order: desulfuromonadales family: "pelobacteraceae" genus: pelobacter species: p. acidigallici binomial name pelobacter acidigallicischink and pfennig, 1983 p. acidigallici is able to degrade trihydroxybenzenes. the enzyme pyrogallol hydroxytransferase uses 1,2,3,5-tetrahydroxybenzene and 1,2,3-trihydroxybenzene (pyrogallol), whereas its two products are 1,3,5-trihydroxybenzene (phloroglucinol) and 1,2,3,5-tetrahydroxybenzene. this enzyme can be found in p. acidigallici.