Thiomicrospira aerophila | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
Order: | Thiotrichales |
Family: | Piscirickettsiaceae |
Genus: | Thiomicrospira |
Species: | Tms. aerophila |
Binomial name | |
Thiomicrospira aerophila Boden et al. 2017 (Sorokin et al. 2001) |
Thiomicrospira aerophila (basonynm: Thioalkalimicrobium aerophilum) is an obligately alkaliphilic and obligately chemolithoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing bacterium that was previously the type species of Thioalkalimicrobium prior to reclassification in 2017. It was first isolated from soda lakes in northern Russia.