Genus Thermacetogenium Rank Species | Phylum Firmicutes Order Thermoanaerobacteriales | |
Family Thermoanaerobacteriaceae Similar Methanothermobacter, Moorella thermoacetica, Methanosaeta | ||
Thermacetogenium phaeum is a bacterium, the type species of its genus. It is strictly anaerobic, thermophilic, syntrophic and acetate-oxidizing. Its cells are gram-positive, spore-forming and rod-shaped. Its type strain is PBT (= DSM 12270T). It has a potential biotechnological role.
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