Thermosinus carboxydivorans | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Bacteria |
Division: | Firmicutes |
Class: | Clostridia |
Order: | Clostridiales |
Family: | Acidaminococcaceae |
Genus: | Thermosinus |
Species: | T. carboxydivorans |
Binomial name | |
Thermosinus carboxydivorans Sokolova et al. 2004 |
Thermosinus carboxydivorans is an anaerobic, thermophilic, Gram-negative, carbon-monoxide-oxidizing, hydrogenogenic bacterium, the type species of its genus. It is facultatively carboxydotrophic, curved, motile, rod-shaped, with a length of 2.6–3 μm, a width of about 0.5 μm and lateral flagellation. Its type strain is Nor1T (=DSM 14886T =VKM B-2281T).