''Thermoanaerobacter siderophilus'' is a
dissimilatory Fe(III)-reducing,
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 ...
,
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 ...
bacterium that was firstly isolated from the sediment of a
hydrothermal vent found near the
Karymsky volcano, in the
Kamchatka peninsula
The Kamchatka Peninsula (russian: полуостров Камчатка, Poluostrov Kamchatka, ) is a peninsula in the Russian Far East, with an area of about . The Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk make up the peninsula's eastern and w ...
, Russia. It is
spore-forming, with type strain SR4
T (= DSM 12299
T).
References
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External links
LPSN*
Type strain of ''Thermoanaerobacter siderophilus'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Thermoanaerobacterales
Thermophiles
Anaerobes
Bacteria described in 1999
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