Thermolithobacteria
| Thermolithobacteria | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Firmicutes |
| Class: | Thermolithobacteria Sokolova et al. 2007 |
| Order: | Thermolithobacterales Sokolova et al. 2007 |
| Family: | Thermolithobacteraceae Sokolova et al. 2007 |
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Thermolithobacteria is a class of rod-shaped Gram-positive bacteria within phylum Firmicutes. 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.
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