Kingdom Bacteria Class Clostridia Order Thermoanaerobacteriales | Division Firmicutes Rank Species | |
Family Thermoanaerobacterales Family III. Incertae Sedis Genus Thermoanaerobacterium thermosaccharolyticum Similar Thermoanaerobacter, Clostridium thermocellum, Clostridium beijerinckii, Thermotogae, Geobacillus | ||
Thermoanaerobacterium aotearoense is a slightly acidophilic, anaerobic thermophile first isolated from hot springs in New Zealand, hence its name. It is Gram-negative, peritrichously flagellated, rod-shaped forming oval terminal endospores. Strain JW/SL-NZ613T (= DSM 10170) is its type strain. Its genome has been sequenced.
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