Thermithiobacillus

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Thermithiobacillus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Gamma Proteobacteria
Order: Acidithiobacillales
Family: Thermithiobacillaceae
Genus: Thermithiobacillus
Species

Thermithiobacillus tepidarius

Thermithiobacillus is a genus of non-sporeforming rod proteobacteria (and so Gram negative). The name derives from the Latin thermae, for warm baths, and the Greek thios for sulfur. The members of this genus used to belong to Thiobacillus, before they were reclassified on the basis of 16S rRNA analysis in 2000.[1] This chemolithoautotrophic genus is obligately aerobic and moderately thermophilic (43-45°C).[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Kelly and Wood (2000). "Reclassification of some species of Thiobacillus to the newly designated genera Acidithiobacillus gen. nov., Halothiobacillus gen. nov. and Thermithiobacillus gen. nov.". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 50: 489-500. PMID 10758854. 


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