''Paramaledivibacter caminithermalis'' is a species of

bacteria Bacteria (; singular: bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell. They constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria were among ...

in the family

Peptostreptococcaceae The Peptostreptococcaceae are a family of Gram-positive bacteria in the class Clostridia. Several members of the Peptostreptococcaceae are well known inhabitants of the digestive tract. Microbiome studies of animal feces have corroborated this ...

. ''Clostridium caminithermale'' has been reclassified to ''Paramaledivibacter caminithermalis''. ''Paramaledivibacter caminithermalis'' has been isolated from a deep-sea

hydrothermal vent A hydrothermal vent is a fissure on the seabed from which geothermally heated water discharges. They are commonly found near volcanically active places, areas where tectonic plates are moving apart at mid-ocean ridges, ocean basins, and hotspot ...

from the Atlantic Ocean Ridge.

References

* * Peptostreptococcaceae Bacteria described in 2003 {{Clostridia-stub