Sulfurovum lithotrophicum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
Class: | Epsilonproteobacteria |
Order: | Campylobacterales |
Family: | Helicobacteraceae |
Genus: | Sulfurovum |
Species: | S. lithotrophicum |
Binomial name | |
Sulfurovum lithotrophicum Inagaki et al. 2004 |
Sulfurovum lithotrophicum is a species of bacteria, the type species of its genus. It is a sulfur-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph within the ε-Proteobacteria isolated from Okinawa Trough hydrothermal sediments. It is mesophilic and also oxidises thiosulfate. It is a Gram-negative, non-motile and coccoid to oval-shaped bacterium. The type strain is 42BKTT (=ATCC BAA-797T =JCM 12117T).