Thiobacter Hirayama et al. 2005
General information
Name
Thiobacter
Valid publication
2005
Lineage
Root.
Bacteria.
Proteobacteria.
Betaproteobacteria.
Burkholderiales.
Thiobacter
Nomenclature type
Thiobacter subterraneus
Etymology
Gr. n. <i>theion</i> (Latin transliteration <i>thium</i>), sulfur; N.L. masc. n. <i>bacter</i>, a rod; N.L. masc. n. <i>Thiobacter</i>, sulfur rod.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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Cells are Gram-negative, motile and rod-shaped. Thermophilic aerobe. Growth occurs chemolithoautotrophically with reduced sulfur compounds as electron donors and with oxygen as an electron acceptor using CO2 as a carbon source.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
---|---|---|---|
M022503010018001 | Thiobacter subterraneus | Species | 279810 |
References
1
Hirayama, H., Takai, K., Inagaki, F., Nealson, K.H., and Horikoshi, K. Thiobacter subterraneus gen. nov., sp. nov., an obligately chemolithoautotrophic, thermophilic, sulfur-oxidizing bacterium from a subsurface hot aquifer. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2005) 55:467-472.[DOI:10.1099/ijs.0.63389-0]
[PMID:15653920]