Tepidibacter

Tepidibacter
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Firmicutes
Class: Clostridia
Order: Clostridiales
Family: Clostridiaceae
Genus: Tepidibacter
Slobodkin et al. 2003
Type species
Tepidibacter thalassicus
Slobodkin et al. 2003
Species

Tepidibacter formicigenes
Tepidibacter mesophilus
Tepidibacter thalassicus

Tepidibacter is a genus of Gram-positive bacteria in the family Clostridiaceae.

The type species of this genus is Tepidibacter thalassicus, a moderately thermophilic bacterial species isolated from deep-sea hydrothermal vents.[1] Additional species within this genus have been identified.[2][3]

References

  1. Slobodkin, A. I. (1 July 2003). "Tepidibacter thalassicus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel moderately thermophilic, anaerobic, fermentative bacterium from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent". INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY 53 (4): 1131–1134. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02600-0.
  2. Urios, L. (1 March 2004). "Tepidibacter formicigenes sp. nov., a novel spore-forming bacterium isolated from a Mid-Atlantic Ridge hydrothermal vent". INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY 54 (2): 439–443. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02836-0.
  3. Tan, H.-Q.; Wu, X.-Y.; Zhang, X.-Q.; Wu, M.; Zhu, X.-F. (18 February 2011). "Tepidibacter mesophilus sp. nov., a mesophilic fermentative anaerobe isolated from soil polluted by crude oil, and emended description of the genus Tepidibacter". INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY 62 (1): 66–70. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.027409-0.