Hydrogenobacter thermophilus

Hydrogenobacter thermophilus
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Aquificota
Order: Aquificales
Family: Aquificaceae
Genus: Hydrogenobacter
Species:
H. thermophilus
Binomial name
Hydrogenobacter thermophilus
Kawasumi et al. 1984[1]

Hydrogenobacter thermophilus is an extremely thermophilic, straight rod (bacillus) bacterium.[2] TK-6 is the type strain for this species.[2] It is a Gram negative, non-motile, obligate chemolithoautotroph.[2] It belongs to one of the earliest branching order of Bacteria.[3] H. thermophilus TK-6 lives in soil that contains hot water.[2] It was one of the first hydrogen oxidizing bacteria described leading to the discovery, and subsequent examination of many unique proteins involved in its metabolism.[2] Its discovery contradicted the idea that no obligate hydrogen oxidizing bacteria existed, leading to a new understanding of this physiological group.[2] Additionally, H. thermophilus contains a fatty acid composition that had not been observed before.[2]

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  2. ^ a b c d e f g Kawasumi, Toshiyuki (1984). "Hydrogenobacter thermophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely thermophilic, aerobic, hydrogen-oxidizing bacterium". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 34: 5–10. doi:10.1099/00207713-34-1-5.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference pitulle was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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