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Genus of bacteria

Thermochromatium
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Chromatiales
Family: Chromatiaceae
Genus: Thermochromatium
Imhoff et al. 1998
Type species
Thermochromatium tepidum
Species

T. tepidum

Thermochromatium is a Gram-negative and thermophilic genus of bacteria from the family of Chromatiaceae with one known species (Thermochromatium tepidum). The habitats of Thermochromatium tepidum are hot springs which contain sulfide. Thermochromatium tepidum was first isolated from the Mammoth Hot Springs from the Yellowstone National Park in the United States.

References

  1. ^ "Thermochromatium". LPSN.
  2. "Thermochromatium". www.uniprot.org.
  3. ^ Brenner, Don J.; Krieg, Noel R.; Staley, James R. (2007). Bergey's Manual® of Systematic Bacteriology: Volume 2: The Proteobacteria, Part B: The Gammaproteobacteria. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9780387280226.
  4. ^ Madigan, M. T. (1 April 1986). "Chromatium tepidum sp. nov., a Thermophilic Photosynthetic Bacterium of the Family Chromatiaceae". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 36 (2): 222–227. doi:10.1099/00207713-36-2-222.
  5. Hallenbeck, Patrick C. (2017). Modern Topics in the Phototrophic Prokaryotes: Environmental and Applied Aspects. Springer. ISBN 9783319462615.

Further reading

Taxon identifiers
Thermochromatium


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