Thiobacillus denitrificans

Thiobacillus
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Pseudomonadota
Class:
Betaproteobacteria
Order:
Hydrogenophilales
Family:
Hydrogenophilaceae
Genus:
Thiobacillus
Binomial name
Thiobacillus denitrificans

Thiobacillus denitrificans is a Gram-negative, obligate chemolithoautotroph.[1] It was originally discovered by Martinus Beijerinck in 1904.[1]

  1. ^ a b Beller HR; Chain PS; Letain TE; Larimer FW; Richardson PM; et al. (2006). "The genome sequence of the obligately chemolithoautotrophic, facultatively anaerobic bacterium Thiobacillus dentrificans". Journal of Bacteriology. 188 (4): 1473–1488. doi:10.1128/jb.188.4.1473-1488.2006. PMC 1367237. PMID 16452431.