Hydrogenimonas Takai et al. 2004
General information
Name
Hydrogenimonas
Valid publication
2004
Nomenclature type
Hydrogenimonas thermophila
Etymology
N.L. n. <i>hydrogenum</i> (from Gr. n. <i>hudôr</i>, water; and Gr. v. <i>gennaô</i>, to produce), hydrogen (that which produces water, so called because it forms water when exposed to oxygen); Gr. fem. n. <i>monas</i>, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. <i>Hydrogenimonas</i>, hydrogen monad.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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Short rods, highly motile via a polar flagellum. Gram-negative. Anaerobic to microaerobic. Thermophilic. Strictly chemolithoautotrophic. Able to utilize molecular hydrogen as an electron acceptor and molecular oxygen, nitrate or elemental sulfur as electron acceptors. NaCl absolutely required for growth. Relatively high concentrations of calcium stimulate growth. The G+C content of the genomic DNA is about 35 mol%. Major cellular fatty acids are C16:0, C16:1 and C18:1. Members of the genus occur in global, deep-sea, hydrothermal systems.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
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M022505010001001 | Hydrogenimonas thermophila | Species | 223786 |
References
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Takai, K., Nealson, K.H., and Horikoshi, K. Hydrogenimonas thermophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic, hydrogen-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph within epsilon-Proteobacteria isolated from a black smoker in a Central Indian Ridge hydrothermal field. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2004) 54:25-32.[DOI:10.1099/ijs.0.02787-0]
[PMID:14742455]