Hydrogenobacter

Hydrogenobacter
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Aquificota
Order: Aquificales
Family: Aquificaceae
Genus: Hydrogenobacter
Kawasumi et al. 1984
Type species
Hydrogenobacter thermophilus
Kawasumi et al. 1984
Species
Synonyms
  • Calderobacterium Kryukov et al. 1984

Hydrogenobacter is a genus of bacteria, one of the few in the phylum Aquificota. Type species is H. thermophilus. This genus belongs to Bacteria as opposed to the other inhabitants of extreme environments, the Archaea.[1][2]

  1. ^ Kawasumi, T.; Igarashi, Y.; Kodama, T.; Minoda, Y. (1984). "Hydrogenobacter thermophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., an Extremely Thermophilic, Aerobic, Hydrogen-Oxidizing Bacterium". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 34: 5–10. doi:10.1099/00207713-34-1-5.
  2. ^ List of prokaryotic names with standing in nomenclature, in: LPSN bacterio.net