Thermoanaerobacter pseudethanolicus Onyenwoke et al., 2007
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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 pseudethanolicus
Abstract
Thermoanaerobacter pseudethanolicus (formerly Clostridium thermohydrosulfuricum and later Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus) is a thermophilic, strictly anaerobic, spore-forming bacteria that was first found at Yellowstone National Park in the United States.J. G. Zeikus, Arie Ben-Bassat and P. W. Hegge. Microbiology of Methanogenesis in Thermal, Volcanic Environments. J. Bacteriol. July 1980 vol. 143 no. 1 432-440Yong-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.Rob U. Onyenwoke, Vadim V. Kevbrin, Anatolly. M. Lysenko and Juergen Wiegel. Thermoanaerobacter pseudethanolicus sp. nov., a thermophilic heterotrophic anaerobe from Yellowstone National Park. IJSEM. October 2007 vol. 57 no. 10 2191-2193 doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.65051-0 Because of its ability to efficiently ferment sugars, it is thought to be of potential use in producing industrial alcohol.