Thiomicrospira aerophila
Species of bacterium
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Thiomicrospira aerophila (basonynm: Thioalkalimicrobium aerophilum) is an obligately alkaliphilic and obligately chemolithoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing bacterium that was previously the type species of Thioalkalimicrobium prior to reclassification in 2017.[1] It was first isolated from soda lakes in northern Russia.[2]
| Thiomicrospira aerophila | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Thiotrichales |
| Family: | Piscirickettsiaceae |
| Genus: | Thiomicrospira |
| Species: | T. aerophila |
| Binomial name | |
| Thiomicrospira aerophila (Sorokin et al. 2001) Boden et al. 2017[1] | |
