Thermoanaerobacter mathranii

Thermoanaerobacter mathranii is a thermophilic, anaerobic, spore-forming bacteria.

Thermoanaerobacter mathranii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Clostridia
Order:	Thermoanaerobacterales
Family:	Thermoanaerobacteraceae
Genus:	Thermoanaerobacter
Species:	T. mathranii
Binomial name
Thermoanaerobacter mathranii Larsen et al. 1998[1]

The bacteria was first isolated from an Icelandic hot spring. The growth range for the organism is 50 to 75°C and pH 4.7-8.8, with optimal growth conditions at 70-75°C and pH 7.0. T. mathranii stains Gram-variable, but is structurally Gram-positive. The species was named by the researchers, "in honor of the late Indra M. Mathrani, who contributed greatly to our understanding of thermophilic anaerobes from hot springs during his short career."^[2] A subspecies, T. mathranii subsp. alimentarius was found in canned food.^[3]