Thermothrix azorensis is a Gram-negative, facultatively chemolithoautotrophic, non-spore-forming, aerobic, thermophilic, sulfur-oxidizing bacterium of the genus Thermothrix, isolated from a hot spring on Sao Miguel Island in the Azores.[2][3] T. azorensis uses thiosulfate, tetrathionate, hydrogen sulfide, and elemental sulfur for its sources of energy (chemolithoautotrophic).[4]

Thermothrix azorensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Aquificota
Order: Aquificales
Family: Aquificaceae
Genus: Thermothrix
Species:
T. azorensis
Binomial name
Thermothrix azorensis
Odintsova et al. 1996[1]

References

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  1. ^ bacterio.net Archived 2013-09-22 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Odintsova, EV; Jannasch, HW; Mamone, JA; Langworthy, TA (1996). "Thermothrix azorensis sp. nov., an obligately chemolithoautotrophic, sulfur-oxidizing, thermophilic bacterium". Int J Syst Bacteriol. 46 (2): 422–8. doi:10.1099/00207713-46-2-422. PMID 8934901.
  3. ^ UniProt
  4. ^ Odintsova, EV; Jannasch, HW; Mamone, JA; Langworthy, TA (1996). "Thermothrix azorensis sp. nov., an obligately chemolithoautotrophic, sulfur-oxidizing, thermophilic bacterium". Int J Syst Bacteriol. 46 (2): 422–8. doi:10.1099/00207713-46-2-422. PMID 8934901.