Thauera | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
Class: | Betaproteobacteria |
Order: | Rhodocyclales |
Family: | Rhodocyclaceae |
Genus: |
Thauera Macy et al. 1993 |
Type species | |
Thauera selenatis |
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Species | |
T. aminoaromatica |
T. aminoaromatica
T. aromatica
T. butanivorans
T. chlorobenzoica
T. humireducens
T. linaloolentis
T. mechernichensis
T. phenylacetica
T. selenatis
T. terpenica
Thauera is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria named after the German Microbiologist Rudolf Thauer. Most species of this genus are motile by flagellas and are mostly rod-shaped. The species occur in wet soil and polluted freshwater.