Rhodothermus marinus

Rhodothermus marinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Bacteroidetes/chlorobi group
Class: Bacteroidetes
Order: Bacteroidetes Order II. Incertae sedis
Family: Rhodothermaceae
Genus: Rhodothermus
Species: R. marinus
Binomial name
Rhodothermus marinus
Alfredsson et al. 1995

Rhodothermus marinus is a species of bacteria. It is obligately aerobic, moderately halophilic, thermophilic, Gram-negative and rod-shaped, about 0.5 μm in diameter and 2-2.5 μm long.[1]

References

  1. Alfredsson, G. A.; Kristjansson, J. K.; Hjorleifsdottir, S.; Stetter, K. O. (1988). "Rhodothermus marinus, gen. nov., sp. nov., a Thermophilic, Halophilic Bacterium from Submarine Hot Springs in Iceland". Microbiology. 134 (2): 299–306. doi:10.1099/00221287-134-2-299. ISSN 1350-0872.

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