Domain Bacteria Family Hydrogenothermaceae Phylum Aquificae Order Aquificae | Class Aquificae Genus Persephonella Rank Species | |
Similar Aquificae, Desulfurobacterium thermolithotrophum, Hydrogenobacter thermophilus, Venenivibrio stagnispumantis, Rubrobacter | ||
Persephonella marina is a thermophilic, hydrogen-oxidizing microaerophile first isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent, the type species of its genus. It is strictly chemolithoautotrophic, microaerophilic, motile, 2-4 micrometres in size, rod-shaped, Gram-negative and non-sporulating. Its type strain is EX-H1T.
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