Thiomonas islandica

Thiomonas islandica
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Pseudomonadota
Class:
Betaproteobacteria
Order:
Burkholderiales
Family:
Comamonadaceae
Genus:
Thiomonas
Species:
T. islandica
Binomial name
Thiomonas islandica
Vésteinsdóttir et al. 2011[1]
Type strain
6C, DSM 21436, JCM 16107[2]

Thiomonas islandica is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped, motile bacterium from the genus Thiomonas, which has the ability to oxidise sulfur compounds and hydrogen. It was isolated from a hot spring in Graendalur in southwestern Iceland.[3]

  1. ^ LPSN
  2. ^ "6C Strain Passport - StrainInfo". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-05-30.
  3. ^ Vésteinsdóttir, H; Reynisdóttir, D. B; Orlygsson, J (Jan 2011). "Thiomonas islandica sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic, hydrogen- and sulfur-oxidizing betaproteobacterium isolated from a hot spring". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 61 (Pt 1): 132–7. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.015511-0. PMID 20173005.