Acetomicrobium flavidum

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Acetomicrobium flavidum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Thermotogati
Phylum: Synergistota
Class: Synergistia
Order: Synergistales
Family: Synergistaceae
Genus: Acetomicrobium
Species:
A. flavidum
Binomial name
Acetomicrobium flavidum
(Soutschek et al. 1985)

Acetomicrobium flavidum is a thermophilic bacterium in the genus Acetomicrobium. It was first isolated from thermophilic, anaerobic sewage sludge digester operated at 60 °C (140 °F). The bacterium is gram negative and highly motile. The species represented around 25% of the microbial population in the sludge.[1][2]

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