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