Hydrogenobacter

Hydrogenobacter is a genus of bacteria, one of the few in the phylum Aquificae. Type species is H. thermophilus. This genus belongs to Bacteria as opposed to the other inhabitants of extreme environments, the Archaea.[1][2]

Hydrogenobacter
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Aquificae
Class:
Aquificae
Order:
Aquificales
Family:
Aquificaceae
Genus:
Hydrogenobacter

Kawasumi et al. 1984
Species

H. thermophilus Kawasumi et al. 1984
H. acidophilus Shima and Suzuki 1993
H. hydrogenophilus (Kryukov et al. 1984) Stöhr et al. 2001
"H. subterraneus" Takai et al. 2001

Synonyms

References
  1. Kawasumi T., Igarashi Y., Kodama T. and Minoda Y.: Hydrogenobacter thermophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely thermophilic, aerobic, hydrogen-oxidizing bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1984, 34, 5-10.
  2. List of prokaryotic names with standing in nomenclature, in: LPSN bacterio.net


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