Thermithiobacillus
| Thermithiobacillus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
| Class: | Acidithiobacillia |
| Order: | Acidithiobacillales |
| Family: | Thermithiobacillaceae |
| Genus: | Thermithiobacillus |
| Species | |
Thermithiobacillus is a genus of non-sporeforming, rod-shaped, Gram-negative proteobacteria. The name derives from the Latin thermae, for warm baths, and the Greek θείος, theios for sulfur. The members of this genus used to belong to Thiobacillus, before they were reclassified on the basis of 16S rRNA analysis in 2000.[1] A phylogenetic analysis, using 98 protein families confirmed this reassignment.[2] This chemolithoautotrophic genus is obligately aerobic and moderately thermophilic (43-45°C).[1] Only one species of this genus is known (Thermithiobacillus tepidarius).[3]
References
- 1 2 Kelly and Wood; Wood, AP (2000). "Reclassification of some species of Thiobacillus to the newly designated genera Acidithiobacillus gen. nov., Halothiobacillus gen. nov. and Thermithiobacillus gen. nov". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 50: 489–500. doi:10.1099/00207713-50-2-511. PMID 10758854.
- ↑ Hudson, Williams and Kelly (2014). "Definitive Assignment by Multigenome Analysis of the Gammaproteobacterial Genus Thermithiobacillus to the Class Acidithiobacillia". Pol. J. Microbio. 63: 245–247.
- ↑ LPSN bacterio.net
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