Thermoanaerobacter brockii (Zeikus et al., 1983) Lee et al., 1993
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- Firmicutes
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- Clostridia
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- Thermoanaerobacterales
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- Thermoanaerobacteraceae
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- Thermoanaerobacter
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- Thermoanaerobacter brockii
Abstract
Thermoanaerobacter brockii, formerly Thermoanaerobium brockii, is a thermophilic, anaerobic, spore-forming bacterium. The bacterium was first isolated from Yellowstone National Park. The growth range for the organism is 35 to 80°C and pH 5.5-9.5, with optimal growth conditions at 65-70°C and pH 7.5. T. brockii stains Gram-positive.J. G. Zeikus, P. W. Hegge and Mary Ann Anderson. Thermoanaerobium brockii gen. nov. and sp. nov., a new chemoorganotrophic, caldoactive, anaerobic bacterium. Archives of Microbiology. Volume 122, Number 1 (1979), 41-48, DOI: 10.1007/BF00408044. While originally thought to be non-sporeforming bacteria, it was later discovered that the organism produced spores that can survive heating at 115 °C for 80 min.Gregory M. Cook, Peter H. Janssen, Hugh W. Morgan. Endospore Formation by Thermoanaerobiumbrockii HTD4. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. Volume 14, Issue 3, July 1991, Pages 240–244. The species was originally classified as Thermoanaerobium brockii, but further analysis put the bacteriait into the genus Thermoanaerobacter.Yong-Eok Lee, Mahendra K. Jain, Chanyong Lee, and J. Gregory Zeikus. Taxonomic Distinction of Saccharolytic Thermophilic Anaerobes: Description of Thermoanaerobacterium xylanolyticum gen. nov., sp. nov., and Thermoanaerobacterium saccharolyticum gen. nov., sp. nov.; Reclassification of Thermoanaerobium brockii, Clostridium thermosulfurogenes, and Clostridium thermohydrosulfuricum E100-69 as Thermoanaerobacter brockii comb. nov., Thermoanaerobacterium thermosulfurigenes comb. nov., and Thermoanaerobacter thermohydrosulfuricus comb. nov., Respectively; and Transfer of Clostridium thermohydrosulfuricum 39E to Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. January 1993 vol. 43 no. 1 41-51. doi: 10.1099/00207713-43-1-41. The species is named "in honor of T.D. Brock, a pioneer in the golden era of thermophily."