Thermodesulfobacterium commune

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

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

References

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  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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