Domain Bacteria Family Helicobacteraceae Genus Sulfurovum Order Campylobacterales | Class Epsilonproteobacteria Phylum Proteobacteria Rank Species | |
Similar Epsilonproteobacteria, Thiomicrospira crunogena, Campylobacterales, Alviniconcha, Spinoloricus cinziae | ||
Sulfurovum lithotrophicum is a species of bacteria, the type species of its genus. It is a sulfur-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph within the ε-Proteobacteria isolated from Okinawa Trough hydrothermal sediments. It is mesophilic and also oxidises thiosulfate. It is a Gram-negative, non-motile and coccoid to oval-shaped bacterium. The type strain is 42BKTT (=ATCC BAA-797T =JCM 12117T).
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