| 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 | |
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Thermosinus carboxydivorans Sokolova et al. 2004 |
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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).