''Thermonema lapsum'' is a

Gram-negative Gram-negative bacteria are bacteria that do not retain the crystal violet stain used in the Gram staining method of bacterial differentiation. They are characterized by their cell envelopes, which are composed of a thin peptidoglycan cell wall ...

and thermophilic bacterium from the genus of Thermonema which has been isolated from a

hot spring A hot spring, hydrothermal spring, or geothermal spring is a spring produced by the emergence of geothermally heated groundwater onto the surface of the Earth. The groundwater is heated either by shallow bodies of magma (molten rock) or by circ ...

Rotorua Rotorua () is a city in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand's North Island. The city lies on the southern shores of Lake Rotorua, from which it takes its name. It is the seat of the Rotorua Lakes District, a territorial authority encompass ...

in New Zealand. Homospermidine and homospermine are the major

polyamines A polyamine is an organic compound having more than two amino groups. Alkyl polyamines occur naturally, but some are synthetic. Alkylpolyamines are colorless, hygroscopic, and water soluble. Near neutral pH, they exist as the ammonium derivatives. ...

of ''Thermonema lapsum''

References

External links

Type strain of ''Thermonema lapsum'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Sphingobacteriia Bacteria described in 1989 Thermophiles Biota of New Zealand {{Sphingobacteriia-stub