| Cross Index | Sulfidobacillus thermosulfooxidans |
| SuperSet | Prokaryote, Eubacteria |
| Compare | Amphibacillus
xylans, Bacillus,
Clostridium,
Desulfotomaculum,
Oscillospira
guilliermondii, Sporohalobacter,
Sporolactobacillus
insulinus, Sporosarcina,
Sulfidobacillus
thermosulfooxidans, Syntrophospora bryantii Other Spore formers Pasteuria Thermoactinomyces, Sporomusa, Sarcina Sporichthya polymorpha "Sporospirillum" Sporocytophaga myxococcoides |
| Contrast | Sulfobacillus thermosulfidooxidans and Sulfidobacillus thermosulfooxidans These may be the same organism. cross index in Bergey's Determinative is wrong. Not referenced in Bergey's Systematic or The Prokaryotes |
| Subset |
| Morphology | Sulfidobacillus thermosulfooxidans |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | Gram reaction is Gram Positive, cell wall is Gram positive |
| Morphology | Rods 0.6-0.8 x 1.0-6.0 um
that occur singly, in pairs or in short chains The endospore forming bacteria are a diverse group of microbes that are considered as a group for convenience. cells are rod shaped |
| Motility | nonmotile |
| Specialized structures | Endospores are round to slightly oval; subterminal or terminal and swell the cell |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Sulfidobacillus thermosulfooxidans |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | facultatively chemolithotrophic |
| Oxygen | strict aerobe |
| pH | optimum pH is 1.9-2.4 |
| Temperature | optimum temperature is 50oC |
| Requirements | |
| Products | Sulfidobacillus can grow with glucose |
| Enzymes | |
| Unique features | sulfur iron and pyrite are oxiized |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | isolated from pyrite deposits |
| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Sulfidobacillus thermosulfooxidans |
| G+C Mol % |
| Reference | Sulfidobacillus thermosulfooxidans |
| First Citation | Golovachova and Karavaiko 1991 IJSB 41:178-179 |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 561 |
| References |