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Thermomicrobia
Scientific classification
Domain:
Phylum:
Class:
Thermomicrobia

Garrity and & Holt, 2002 emend. Hugenholtz & Stackebrandt, 2004
Orders

Thermobaculum(genus)
Thermorudis(genus)
Sphaerobacterales
Thermomicrobiales

The Thermomicrobia is a group of thermophilic green non-sulfur bacteria.

The group is based on the type species Thermomicrobium roseum and on Sphaerobacter thermophilus. They are aerobic and chemoorganotrophic (a term which means their metabolism is rather like most fungi).


See also

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