Thermacetogenium phaeum

Thermacetogenium phaeum is a bacterium, the type species of its genus. It is strictly anaerobic, thermophilic, syntrophic and acetate-oxidizing.[1] Its cells are gram-positive, endospore-forming and rod-shaped. Its type strain is PBT (= DSM 12270T). It has a potential biotechnological role.[2]

Thermacetogenium phaeum
Scientific classification
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Bacteria
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Genus:
Thermacetogenium
Species:
T. phaeum
Binomial name
Thermacetogenium phaeum
Hattori, Kamagata, Hanada & Shoun, 2000

References

  1. Hattori, S.; Kamagata, Y.; Hanada, S.; Shoun, H. (2000). "Thermacetogenium phaeum gen. nov., sp. nov., a strictly anaerobic, thermophilic, syntrophic acetate-oxidizing bacterium". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 50 (4): 1601–1609. doi:10.1099/00207713-50-4-1601. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 10939667.
  2. PFEIFFER, Robert, Glenn ULRICH, and Gary VANZIN. "THERMACETOGENIUM PHAEUM CONSORTIUM FOR THE PRODUCTION OF MATERIALS WITH ENHANCED HYDROGEN CONTENT." WIPO Patent No. 2007082032. 20 Jul. 2007.

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