Thermotoga petrophila

Thermotoga petrophila
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Thermotogae
Order: Thermotogales
Family: Thermotogaceae
Genus: Thermotoga
Species: T. petrophila
Binomial name
Thermotoga petrophila
Takahata et al. 2001

Thermotoga petrophila is a hyperthermophilic, anaerobic, non-spore-forming, rod-shaped fermentative heterotroph, with type strain RKU-1T.[1]

References

  1. Y. Takahata, M. Nishijima, T. Hoaki (September 2001). "Thermotoga petrophila sp. nov. and Thermotoga naphthophila sp. nov., two hyperthermophilic bacteria from the Kubiki oil reservoir in Niigata, Japan". International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology 51 (Pt 5): 1901–1909. doi:10.1099/00207713-51-5-1901. PMID 11594624.

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