| Kyrpidia spormannii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Bacillota |
| Class: | Bacilli |
| Order: | Caryophanales |
| Family: | Alicyclobacillaceae |
| Genus: | Kyrpidia |
| Species: | K. spormannii
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| Binomial name | |
| Kyrpidia spormannii Reiner et al 2018
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Kyrpidia spormannii is a species of Gram positive, aerobic, thermophilic bacterium. The cells are rod-shaped and form spores. It was first isolated from sediment samples from hydrothermal systems collected in the Azores. The species is named in honor of German-American microbiologist Alfred M. Spormann, in recognition of his work on the field microbial electrosynthesis.[1][2]
The optimum growth temperature for K. spormannii is 55 °C, and can grow in the 45-65 °C range. Its optimum pH is 5.5, and grows in pH range 4.5-7.0.[1]
- ^ a b Reiner, Johannes Eberhard; Jung, Tobias; Lapp, Christian Jonas; Siedler, Marvin; Bunk, Boyke; Overmann, Jörg; Gescher, Johannes (1 December 2018). "Kyrpidia spormannii sp. nov., a thermophilic, hydrogen-oxidizing, facultative autotroph, isolated from hydrothermal systems at São Miguel Island, and emended description of the genus Kyrpidia". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 68 (12): 3735–3740. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.003037. PMID 30234478.
- ^ Rekadwad, Bhagwan; Gonzalez, Juan M. (1 November 2018). "Multidisciplinary involvement and potential of thermophiles". Folia Microbiologica. 64 (3): 389–406. doi:10.1007/s12223-018-0662-8. hdl:10261/172278. PMID 30386965. S2CID 53144958.