''Thermanaeromonas toyohensis'' 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 ...

within the family Thermoanaerobacteraceae. This species is thermophilic, anaerobic, and can reduce

thiosulfate Thiosulfate ( IUPAC-recommended spelling; sometimes thiosulphate in British English) is an oxyanion of sulfur with the chemical formula . Thiosulfate also refers to the compounds containing this anion, which are the salts of thiosulfuric acid, ...

. It was originally isolated from a geothermal

aquifer An aquifer is an underground layer of water-bearing, permeable rock, rock fractures, or unconsolidated materials (gravel, sand, or silt). Groundwater from aquifers can be extracted using a water well. Aquifers vary greatly in their characterist ...

more than 500 m below the surface of the Earth.

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StrainInfo: ''Thermanaeromonas toyohensis''Type strain of ''Thermanaeromonas toyohensis'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Thermoanaerobacterales Thermophiles Anaerobes Bacteria described in 2002 {{clostridia-stub