''Acetomicrobium hydrogeniformans'' is an
anaerobic
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* Anaerobic adhesive, a bonding a ...
and moderately
thermophilic
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bacterium from the genus of ''
Acetomicrobium
''Acetomicrobium'' is a genus in the phylum Synergistota (Bacteria). In 2016, the former genus Anaerobaculum was folded into Acetomicrobium.
Etymology
The name ''Acetomicrobium'' derives from:Latin noun ', vinegar; New Latin neuter gender noun ...
'' which has been isolated from oil production water from
North Slope Borough
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in the
United States
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.
References
External links
Type strain of ''Acetomicrobium hydrogeniformans'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Bacteria described in 2012
Synergistota
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