Thermodesulfobacterium commune

Thermodesulfobacterium commune
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Thermodesulfobacteria
Class: Thermodesulfobacteria
Order: Thermodesulfobacteriales
Family: Thermodesulfobacteriaceae
Genus: Thermodesulfobacterium
Species: T. commune
Zeikus et al. 1983
Binomial name
Thermodesulfobacterium commune

Thermodesulfobacterium commune is a species of Sulfate-reducing bacteria. It is small, Gram-negative, straight rod-shaped, obligately anaerobic and has an optimum growth temperature of 70 °C (158 °F). Its type strain is YSRA-1.[1]

References

  1. Zeikus, J. G.; Dawson, M. A.; Thompson, T. E.; Ingvorsen, K.; Hatchikian, E. C. (1983). "Microbial Ecology of Volcanic Sulphidogenesis: Isolation and Characterization of Thermodesulfobacterium commune gen. nov. and sp. nov.,". Microbiology. 129 (4): 1159–1169. doi:10.1099/00221287-129-4-1159. ISSN 1350-0872.

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