Thioalkalivibrio thiocyanoxidans

Thioalkalivibrio thiocyanoxidans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Chromatiales
Family: Ectothiorhodospiraceae
Genus: Thioalkalivibrio
Species: T. thiocyanoxidans
Binomial name
Thioalkalivibrio thiocyanoxidans
Sorokin et al. 2002

Thioalkalivibrio thiocyanoxidans is an alkaliphilic and obligately autotrophic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria. It was first isolated from soda lakes. Its type strain is Arh 2 (= DSM 13532 = JCM 11368).[1]

References

  1. Sorokin DY, Tourova TP, Lysenko AM, Mityushina LL, Kuenen JG (2002). "Thioalkalivibrio thiocyanoxidans sp. nov. and Thioalkalivibrio paradoxus sp. nov., novel alkaliphilic, obligately autotrophic, sulfur-oxidizing bacteria capable of growth on thiocyanate, from soda lakes". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 52 (Pt 2): 657–64. doi:10.1099/00207713-52-2-657. PMID 11931180.

Further reading

  • Robb, Frank, et al., eds. Thermophiles: biology and technology at high temperatures. CRC Press, 2007.
  • Seckbach, Joseph, Aharon Oren, and Helga Stan-Lotter, eds.Polyextremophiles: life under multiple forms of stress. Vol. 27. Springer, 2013.


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