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Thermoleophilum album

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Domain
  
Bacteria

Family
  
Rubrobacteraceae

Rank
  
Species

Class
  
Actinobacteria

Genus
  
Thermoleophilum

Order
  
Rubrobacter

Similar
  
Rubrobacter, Acidothermus, Oligella

Thermoleophilum album is a bacterium obligate for thermophily and n-alkane substrates, the type species of its genus. It is Gram-negative, aerobic, small, and rod-shaped. It lacks pigmentation, motility, and the ability to form endospores, with type strain ATCC 35263.

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Thermoleophilum album Wikipedia