''Thermocrinis minervae'' is a bacterium. Its cells are
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 wa ...
and are approximately 2.4–3.9
micrometre
The micrometre ( international spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures; SI symbol: μm) or micrometer (American spelling), also commonly known as a micron, is a unit of length in the International System of Unit ...
s long and 0.5–0.6 micrometres wide; they are
motile
Motility is the ability of an organism to move independently, using metabolic energy.
Definitions
Motility, the ability of an organism to move independently, using metabolic energy, can be contrasted with sessility, the state of organisms th ...
rods with polar
flagella. It grows in temperatures between and . Its type strain is CR11
T (=5DSM 19557
T =5ATCC BAA-1533
T).
References
Further reading
*Dworkin, Martin, and Stanley Falkow, eds. The Prokaryotes: Vol. 7: Proteobacteria: Delta and Epsilon Subclasses. Deeply Rooting Bacteria. Vol. 7. Springer, 2006.
External links
LPSN*
Type strain of ''Thermocrinis minervae'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Aquificota
Bacteria described in 2010
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