Thiorhodospira sibirica

Thiorhodospira sibirica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Gammaproteobacteria
Order:	Chromatiales
Family:	Ectothiorhodospiraceae
Genus:	Thiorhodospira
Species:	T. sibirica
Binomial name
	Thiorhodospira sibirica; Bryantseva et al. 1999

Thiorhodospira sibirica is a species of alkaliphilic purple sulfur bacterium. It is strictly anaerobic, vibrioid- or spiral-shaped (3-4μm wide and 7-20 μm long) and motile by means of a polar tuft of flagella.^[1]

^ Bryantseva, I.; Gorlenko, V. M.; Kompantseva, E. I.; Imhoff, J. F.; Suling, J.; Mityushina, L. (1999). "Thiorhodospira sibirica gen. nov., sp. nov., a new alkaliphilic purple sulfur bacterium from a Siberian soda lake". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 49 (2): 697–703. doi:10.1099/00207713-49-2-697. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 10319493.

[BryantsevaGorlenko1999-1] Bryantseva, I.; Gorlenko, V. M.; Kompantseva, E. I.; Imhoff, J. F.; Suling, J.; Mityushina, L. (1999). "Thiorhodospira sibirica gen. nov., sp. nov., a new alkaliphilic purple sulfur bacterium from a Siberian soda lake". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 49 (2): 697–703. doi:10.1099/00207713-49-2-697. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 10319493.

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