''Thermoanaerobacter pseudethanolicus'' (formerly ''Clostridium thermohydrosulfuricum'' and later ''Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus'') is a

thermophilic A thermophile is an organism—a type of extremophile—that thrives at relatively high temperatures, between . Many thermophiles are archaea, though they can be bacteria or fungi. Thermophilic eubacteria are suggested to have been among the earl ...

, strictly

anaerobic Anaerobic means "living, active, occurring, or existing in the absence of free oxygen", as opposed to aerobic which means "living, active, or occurring only in the presence of oxygen." Anaerobic may also refer to: * Anaerobic adhesive, a bonding a ...

, spore-forming bacteria that was first found at

Yellowstone National Park Yellowstone National Park is an American national park located in the western United States, largely in the northwest corner of Wyoming and extending into Montana and Idaho. It was established by the 42nd U.S. Congress with the Yellowst ...

in the United States. Because of its ability to efficiently ferment sugars, it is thought to be of potential use in producing

industrial alcohol Ethanol (abbr. EtOH; also called ethyl alcohol, grain alcohol, drinking alcohol, or simply alcohol) is an organic compound. It is an alcohol with the chemical formula . Its formula can be also written as or (an ethyl group linked to a ...

References

External links

Type strain of ''Thermoanaerobacter pseudethanolicus'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Thermoanaerobacterales Thermophiles Anaerobes Bacteria described in 2007 {{Clostridia-stub