Thermotoga elfii
| Thermotoga elfii | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Thermotogae |
| Order: | Thermotogales |
| Family: | Thermotogaceae |
| Genus: | Thermotoga |
| Species: | T. elfii |
| Binomial name | |
| Thermotoga elfii Ravot et al. 1995 | |
Thermotoga elfii is a thermophilic, glucose-fermenting, strictly anaerobic, rod-shaped bacterium that is a member of the order Thermotogales. The type strain of T. elfii is SEBR 6459T.[1] It was first isolated from an African oil-producing well.
References
- ↑ Ravot, G.; Magot, M.; Fardeau, M.-L.; Patel, B. K. C.; Prensier, G.; Egan, A.; Garcia, J.-L.; Ollivier, B. (1995). "Thermotoga elfii sp. nov., a Novel Thermophilic Bacterium from an African Oil-Producing Well". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 45 (2): 308–314. doi:10.1099/00207713-45-2-308. ISSN 0020-7713.
Further reading
- Dworkin, Martin, and Stanley Falkow, eds. The Prokaryotes: Vol. 7: Proteobacteria: Delta and Epsilon Subclasses. Deeply Rooting Bacteria. Vol. 7. Springer, 2006.
- Devrije, T (2002). "Pretreatment of Miscanthus for hydrogen production by Thermotoga elfii". International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 27 (11-12): 1381–1390. doi:10.1016/S0360-3199(02)00124-6. ISSN 0360-3199.
- Fardeau, Marie-Laure; Goulhen, Florence; Bruschi, Mireille; Khelifi, Nadia; Cayol, Jean-Luc; Ignatiadis, Ioannis; Guyot, François; Ollivier, Bernard (2009). "Archaeoglobus fulgidusandThermotoga elfii, Thermophilic Isolates from Deep Geothermal Water of the Paris Basin". Geomicrobiology Journal 26 (2): 119–130. doi:10.1080/01490450802674970. ISSN 0149-0451.