Thermithiobacillus

Taxobox
color = lightgrey
name = "Thermithiobacillus"
regnum = Bacteria
phylum = Proteobacteria
classis = Gamma Proteobacteria
ordo = Acidithiobacillales
familia = Thermithiobacillaceae
genus = "Thermithiobacillus"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "Thermithiobacillus tepidarius"

"Thermithiobacillus" is a genus of non-sporeforming rod proteobacteria (and so Gram negative). The name derives from the Latin "thermae", for warm baths, and the Greek "thios" for sulfur. The members of this genus used to belong to "Thiobacillus", before they were reclassified on the basis of 16S rRNA analysis in 2000.cite journal |author= Kelly and Wood |title=Reclassification of some species of "Thiobacillus" to the newly designated genera "Acidithiobacillus" gen. nov., "Halothiobacillus" gen. nov. and "Thermithiobacillus" gen. nov |journal=Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. |volume=50 |pages=489–500 |year=2000 |pmid=10758854 ] This chemolithoautotrophic genus is obligately aerobic and moderately thermophilic (43-45°C).

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