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Geothermobacter

Geothermobacter is a thermophilic genus of bacteria from the order Desulfuromonadales.

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Geothermobacter
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Desulfuromonadia
Order: Desulfuromonadales
Family: Geothermobacteraceae
Waite et al. 20202
Genus: Geothermobacter
Kashefi et al. 20051
Type species
Geothermobacter ehrlichii
Kashefi et al. 2005
Species3
  • G. ehrlichii
  • G. hydrogeniphilus

Geothermobacter is a thermophilic genus of bacteria from the order Desulfuromonadales.14567


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References

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  2. Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, Hahn MW, Kuever J, Hugenholtz P. (2020). "Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 70 (11): 5972–6016. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004213. PMID 33151140.
  3. Schoch CL; et al. "Geothermobacter". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2025-06-05.
  4. "Geothermobacter". Www.uniprot.org.
  5. Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (2008). Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (eds.). "Nomenclature Abstract for Geothermobacter Kashefi et al. 2005". The NamesforLife Abstracts. doi:10.1601/nm.9285.
  6. Kashefi, K; Holmes, DE; Baross, JA; Lovley, DR (May 2003). "Thermophily in the Geobacteraceae: Geothermobacter ehrlichii gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic member of the Geobacteraceae from the "Bag City" hydrothermal vent". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 69 (5): 2985–93. doi:10.1128/aem.69.5.2985-2993.2003. PMC 154550. PMID 12732575.
  7. Poole, Robert K. (2011). Advances in Microbial Physiology. Academic Press. ISBN 9780123876614.
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