| Cross Index | Hydrogenobacter thermophilus |
| SuperSet | Prokaryote, Eubacteria Aerobic Chemolithotrophic Bacteria and Associated Organisms |
| 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 | Hydrogenobacter thermophilus |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | Gram negative |
| Morphology | straight rods 0-3-0.5 x 2.0-30. um, singly or in pairs |
| Motility | non motile |
| Specialized structures |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface | can be initially isolated on agar but the organism is either sensitive to agar or only grows as a colony in mixed culture |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Hydrogenobacter thermophilus |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | chemolithotrophic using molecular hydrogen as electron donor and carbon dioxide as the carbon source |
| Oxygen | aerobic |
| pH | |
| Temperature | optimum 70-75 oC maximum 80 o|C |
| Requirements | growth factors not required, chemoorganic growth not observed, nitrate inhibits growth |
| Products | straight chain saturated C18:0 acid and a straight chain unsaturated C 20:1 acid are the major components of the cellular facttay acids. Methionaquinone is the major component of the quinone system |
| Enzymes | peroxidase positive, urease negative |
| Unique features |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | hot water (>45 oC) containing soilds from various hot springs in Japan |
| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Hydrogenobacter thermophilus |
| G+C Mol % | 43.5-43.9 |
| Reference | Hydrogenobacter thermophilus |
| First citation | Kawasumi,T., Y. Igararashi, T. Kodama and Y. Minoda. 1984.Hydrogenobacter thermophilus gen nov., sp. nov., an extremely thermophilic, aerobic, hydrogen oxiding bacterium IJSB 34:5-10 |
| The Prokaryotes | |
| Bergey's Systematatic | p 1872 T. Kawasumi |
| References |