Thermosyntropha lipolytica
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| Thermosyntropha lipolytica | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Bacillota |
| Class: | Clostridia |
| Order: | Syntrophomonadales |
| Family: | Syntrophomonadaceae |
| Genus: | Thermosyntropha |
| Species: | T. lipolytica |
| Binomial name | |
| Thermosyntropha lipolytica Svetlitshnyi et al. 1996 | |
Thermosyntropha lipolytica is a lipolytic, anaerobic, alkalitolerant, thermophilic bacteria. It lives in syntrophic coculture with a methanogen. Its cells are non-motile, non-spore forming, straight or slightly curved rods. Its type strain is JW/VS-265T (=DSM 11003).[1]
