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THIOBACTERIUM BOVISTUM
| Class: | Gamma Proteobacteria |
| Genus: | Thiobacterium |
| Species: | Thiobacterium bovistum |
| Description: | Thiobacterium bovistum is a species of gramnegative sulfur bacteria and the only representative of the genus Thiobacterium from the family Thiotrichaceae . It is aerobic , dependent on oxygen for growth, and occurs in waters containing hydrogen sulphide.Thiobacterium bovistum is a rod-shaped, immobile bacterium, 0.4 to 1.5 microns wide and 2.5 to 9 microns long. The individual cells have one to nine spherical sulfur insides, whereby the cells appear white in the incident light, and appear black in transmitted light. Sulfates are a general feature of the family Thiotrichaceae. Thiobacterium bovistum is chemolithotrophic , it gains energy from the oxidation of sulfur compounds. |
| Synonyms: | Bacterium bovista Molisch 1912, "Thiobacterium bovista" (Molisch 1912) Janke 1924, "Thiodendron mucosum" Lackey and Lackey 1961. |
| Source: | Thiobacterium bovistum can be found in hydrochloric , brackish and fresh water containing sulfuric acid, including thermal sources with temperatures of up to 45 ° C. Reink cultivation in the laboratory has not yet been achieved. |
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| Reference: | J. Gijs Kuenen: Genus V. Thiobacterium , in: Don J. Brenner (Eds.): Bergey's Manual Of Systematic Bacteriology: The Proteobacteria, The Gammaproteobacteria , p. 169, 2005, |
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