Symbiobacterium thermophilum

Symbiobacterium thermophilum
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Alteromonadales
Family: Shewanellaceae
Genus: Symbiobacterium
Species: S. thermophilum
Binomial name
Symbiobacterium thermophilum
Ohno et al. 2000

Symbiobacterium thermophilum is a symbiotic thermophile that depends on co-culture with a Bacillus strain for growth. It is Gram-negative and tryptophanase-positive, with type strain T(T) (= IAM 14863T). It is the type species of its genus.[1] Its genome has been sequenced.[2]

References

  1. Ohno M; Shiratori H; Park MJ; Saitoh Y; Kumon Y; Yamashita N; et al. (2000). "Symbiobacterium thermophilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a symbiotic thermophile that depends on co-culture with a Bacillus strain for growth.". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 50 (5): 1829–32. PMID 11034494.
  2. Ueda K; Yamashita A; Ishikawa J; Shimada M; Watsuji TO; Morimura K; et al. (2004). "Genome sequence of Symbiobacterium thermophilum, an uncultivable bacterium that depends on microbial commensalism.". Nucleic Acids Res. 32 (16): 4937–44. doi:10.1093/nar/gkh830. PMC 519118Freely accessible. PMID 15383646.

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