Family Shewanellaceae Phylum Proteobacteria Order Alteromonadales | Class Gammaproteobacteria Genus Symbiobacterium Rank Species | |
Similar Geobacillus toebii, Thermoanaerobacter, Carboxydothermus hydrogenoformans, Scytalidium, Moorella thermoacetica | ||
Symbiobacterium thermophilum is a symbiotic thermophile that depends on co-culture with a Bacillus strain for growth. It is Gram-negative and tryptophanase-positive, with type strain T(T) (= IAM 14863T). It is the type species of its genus. Its genome has been sequenced.
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