Thiomonas islandica

Thiomonas islandica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Betaproteobacteria
Order: Burkholderiales
Family: Comamonadaceae
Genus: Thiomonas
Species: T. islandica
Binomial name
Thiomonas islandica
Vésteinsdóttir et al. 2011[1]
Type strain
6C, DSM 21436, JCM 16107[2]

Thiomonas islandica is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped, motile bacterium from the genus Thiomonas, which has the ability to oxidise sulfur compounds and hydrogen. It was isolated from a hot spring in Graendalur in southwestern Iceland.[3]

References

  1. http://www.bacterio.cict.fr/t/thiomonas.html
  2. http://www.straininfo.net/strains/864024
  3. "Thiomonas islandica sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic, hydrogen- and sulfur-oxidizing betaproteobacterium isolated from a hot spring.". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 61 (Pt 1): 132–7. Jan 2011. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.015511-0. PMID 20173005.
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