Desulfurobacterium thermolithotrophum
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| Desulfurobacterium thermolithotrophum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Aquificota |
| Class: | Desulfurobacteriia |
| Order: | Desulfurobacteriales |
| Family: | Desulfurobacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Desulfurobacterium |
| Species: | D. thermolithotrophum |
| Binomial name | |
| Desulfurobacterium thermolithotrophum L'Haridon et al. 1998 | |
Desulfurobacterium thermolithotrophum is a species of autotrophic, sulphur-reducing bacterium isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. It is the type species of its genus, being thermophilic, anaerobic, Gram-negative, motile and rod-shaped, with type strain BSAT (= DSM 11699T).[1]
