Syntrophothermus lipocalidus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Firmicutes |
Class: | Clostridia |
Order: | Clostridiales |
Family: | Syntrophomonadaceae |
Genus: | Syntrophothermus |
Species: | S. lipocalidus |
Binomial name | |
Syntrophothermus lipocalidus Sekiguchi et al. 2000 |
Syntrophothermus lipocalidus is a bacterium, the type species and only currently described species in its genus. It is thermophilic, syntrophic, fatty-acid-oxidizing and anaerobic, and utilises isobutyrate. TGB-C1T is its type strain. Its genome has been fully sequenced.