PROTEOBACTERIA >> Gamma >> Thioalkalimicrobium >> Thioalkalimicrobium microaerophilum
THIOALKALIMICROBIUM MICROAEROPHILUM
| Class: | Gamma Proteobacteria |
| Genus: | Thioalkalimicrobium |
| Species: | Thioalkalimicrobium microaerophilum |
| Description: | The cell morphology varies from thick vibrios, 1 to 2 μm by 2 to 5 μm, at optimal pH values (pH 8 to 9) to long rods, 0.6 to 0.8 μm by 3 to 8 μm, which are motile by means of a single polar flagellum (Fig. 4c). It is obligately chemolithoautotrophic and microaerophilic. It grows best in soda-buffered culture medium at pH 8.5 to 9. Thiosulfate or sulfide is used as an electron donor. |
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| Source: | It was isolated from the saline, alkaline Soap Lake (Grant County, Washington State). |
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| Genbank: | NZ_JYNN00000000.1 [Genome] [Nucleotide] |
| Size (Mb): | 3.1 |
| GC %: | 45.7 |
| Genes: | 2,810 |
| CDS Number: | 2,624 |
| Reference: | SOROKIN (D.Y.), FOTI (M.), PINKART (H.C.) and MUYZER (G.): Sulfur-oxidizing bacteria in Soap Lake (Washington State), a meromictic, haloalkaline lake with an unprecedented high sulfide content. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 2007, 73, 451-455. |
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