''Caminibacter hydrogeniphilus'' is a species of
thermophilic
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, hydrogen-oxidizing bacterium. It is anaerobic, rod-shaped (1.01-5 x 0.5
micrometre
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s),
motile
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Definitions
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and has polar
flagella
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A microorganism may have f ...
. The type strain is AM1116
T (= DSM 14510
T = CIP 107140
T).
References
Further reading
*Voordeckers, James Walter. Physiology and molecular ecology of chemolithoautotrophic nitrate reducing bacteria at deep sea hydrothermal vents. ProQuest, 2007.
*Motarjemi, Yasmine, and Martin Adams, eds. Emerging foodborne pathogens. CRC Press, 2006.
*Lowell, Robert P., et al. Magma to Microbe: Modeling Hydrothermal Processes at Ocean Spreading Centers. Vol. 178. American Geophysical Union, 2008.
*Borchert, Martin, and Paria Saunders. "Heat-stable carbonic anhydrases and their use." U.S. Patent No. 7,892,814. 22 Feb. 2011.
*De Bruijn, F. J. "Handbook of molecular microbial ecology II. Metagenomics in different habitats. Series Hoboken." (2011).
External links
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LPSNType strain of ''Caminibacter hydrogeniphilus'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Campylobacterota
Bacteria described in 2002
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