Thermoleophilum album

Thermoleophilum album
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Actinobacteria
Class: Actinobacteria
Order: Rubrobacterales
Family: Rubrobacteraceae
Genus: Thermoleophilum
Species: T. album
Binomial name
Thermoleophilum album
Zarilla and Perry 1986

Thermoleophilum album is a bacterium obligate for thermophily and n-alkane substrates, the type species of its genus. It is Gram-negative, aerobic, small, and rod-shaped. It lacks pigmentation, motility, and the ability to form endospores, with type strain ATCC 35263.[1]

References

  1. Zarilla, K. A.; Perry, J. J. (1984). "Thermoleophilum album gen. nov. and sp. nov., a bacterium obligate for thermophily and n-alkane substrates". Archives of Microbiology. 137 (4): 286–290. doi:10.1007/BF00410723. ISSN 0302-8933.

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