Kingdom Bacteria Class Betaproteobacteria Family Burkholderiaceae Rank Species | Phylum Proteobacteria Order Burkholderiales Genus Thermothrix | |
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Thermothrix azorensis is a Gram-negative, facultatively chemolithoautotrophic, nonspore-forming, aerobic, thermophilic, sulfur-oxidizing bacterium of the genus Thermothrix, isolated from a hot spring on Sao Miguel Island in the Azores. T. azorensis uses thiosulfate, tetrathionate, hydrogen sulfide, and elemental sulfur for its sources of energy (chemolithoautotrophic).
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