| Cross Index | Thermothrix thiopara |
| SuperSet | Prokaryote, Eubacteria Aerobic Chemolithotrophic Bacteria |
| Compare | Nitrifying bacteria:
Sulfur Oxidizing Acidiphilium Macromonas, Thermothrix thiopara Thiobacillus, Thiobacterium, Thiodendron latens, Thiomicrospira, Thiosphaera, Thiospira, Thiovulum majus Hydrogen Bacteria: Hydrogenbacter thermophilus Iron & Manganese bacteria: Aquaspirillum , Bilophococcus, Gallionella ferrunginea, Leptospirillum, Metallogenium , Naumanniella, Ochrobium tectum, Sulfobacillus thermosulfidooxidans, Siderocapsa, Siderococcus limoniticus |
| Contrast | Archaea |
| Subset |
| Morphology | Thermothrix thiopara |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | Gram- negative |
| Morphology | Rod-shaped cells, usually 0.5-1.0 x 3-5 um |
| Motility | Rod-shaped cells are motile by a single polar flagellum |
| Specialized structures | . Filamentous cells are produced when the oxygen concentration limits the rate of growth. No resting stages are known |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Thermothrix thiopara |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | facultatively chemolithotrophic |
| Oxygen | Facultatively anaerobic using an oxidative type of metabolism |
| pH | pH range: 6.0-8.0 |
| Temperature | Temperature range: 40- 80`C |
| Requirements | Inorganic sulfur compounds and organic compounds can be used as electron donor. Either oxygen or nitrate can be used as the terminal electron acceptor. |
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| ENVIRONMENTAL |
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| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Thermothrix thiopara |
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| Reference | Thermothrix thiopara |
| First citation | Caldwell, D.E., S.J.
Caldwell and J.P. Laycock 1981 In Validation of the
publication of new names and new combinations previously
effectively published outside the IJSB List No. 6 IJSB 31:215-218 Effective Publication Caldwell, D.E., S.J. Caldwell and J.P. Laycock 1976 Thermothrix thiopara gen. et sp. nov., a facultatively anaerobic facultative chemolithotroph living at neutral pH and high temperature. Can. J. Microbiol 22:1509-1517 |
| The Prokaryotes | |
| Bergey's Systematatic | p 1868 D. E. Caldwell |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 436 |
| References |