Thermolithobacteraceae Sokolova et al. 2007
- Dataset
- English Wikipedia - Species Pages
- Rank
- FAMILY
Classification
- phylum
- Firmicutes
- class
- Thermolithobacteria
- order
- Thermolithobacterales
- family
- Thermolithobacteraceae
Abstract
Thermolithobacteria is a class of rod-shaped Gram-positive bacteria within phylum Bacillota. Species within this class are thermophilic lithotrophs isolated from sediment in Calcite Springs in Yellowstone National Park. Thermolithobacter ferrireducens strain JW/KA-2(T) metabolism consists of the oxidation of hydrogen gas and reduction of ferric oxide to magnetite. Thermolithobacter carboxydivorans strain R1(T) is hydrogenic and oxidizes carbon monoxide.