Nautilia lithotrophica

Nautilia lithotrophica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Epsilonproteobacteria
Order: Nautiliales
Family: Nautiliaceae
Genus: Nautilia
Species: N. lithotrophica
Binomial name
Nautilia lithotrophica
Miroshnichenko et al. 2002

Nautilia lithotrophica is a thermophilic sulfur-reducing epsilon-proteobacterium isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. It is strictly anaerobic, with type strain 525T (= DSM 13520T).[1]

References

  1. Miroshnichenko, M. L. (2002). "Nautilia lithotrophica gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic sulfur-reducing epsilon-proteobacterium isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 52 (4): 1299–1304. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02139-0. ISSN 1466-5026.

Further reading

  • Satyanarayana, T., and B. N. Johri. Microbial diversity: current perspectives and potential applications. IK International Pvt Ltd, 2005.
  • Voordeckers, James Walter. Physiology and molecular ecology of chemolithoautotrophic nitrate reducing bacteria at deep sea hydrothermal vents. ProQuest, 2007.
  • Satyanarayana, Tulasi, Jennifer Littlechild, and Yutaka Kawarabayasi. "Thermophilic Microbes in Environmental and Industrial Biotechnology."


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