Domain Bacteria Family Hydrogenothermaceae Genus Persephonella marina Order Aquificae | Class Aquificae Phylum Aquificae Rank Species | |
Similar Aquificae, Desulfurobacterium thermolithotrophum, Hydrogenobacter thermophilus | ||
Persephonella guaymasensis is a thermophilic, hydrogen-oxidizing microaerophile first isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. It is strictly chemolithoautotrophic, microaerophilic, motile, 2-4 micrometres in size, rod-shaped, Gram-negative and non-sporulating. Its type strain is EX-H2T.
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