Hydrogenobacter thermophilus
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Hydrogenobacter thermophilus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Aquificota |
Order: | Aquificales |
Family: | Aquificaceae |
Genus: | Hydrogenobacter |
Species: | H. thermophilus |
Binomial name | |
Hydrogenobacter thermophilus Kawasumi et al. 1984[1] | |
Hydrogenobacter thermophilus is an extremely thermophilic, straight rod (bacillus) bacterium.[2] TK-6 is the type strain for this species.[2] It is a Gram negative, non-motile, obligate chemolithoautotroph.[2] It belongs to one of the earliest branching order of Bacteria.[3] H. thermophilus TK-6 lives in soil that contains hot water.[2] It was one of the first hydrogen oxidizing bacteria described leading to the discovery, and subsequent examination of many unique proteins involved in its metabolism.[2] Its discovery contradicted the idea that no obligate hydrogen oxidizing bacteria existed, leading to a new understanding of this physiological group.[2] Additionally, H. thermophilus contains a fatty acid composition that had not been observed before.[2]