Thioalkalimicrobium sibericum

Thioalkalimicrobium sibericum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Thiotrichales
Family: Piscirickettsiaceae
Genus: Thioalkalimicrobium
Species: T. sibericum
Binomial name
Thioalkalimicrobium sibericum
Sorokin et al. 2001

Thioalkalimicrobium sibericum is an obligately alkaliphilic and obligately chemolithoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria. It was first isolated from soda lakes in northern Russia, hence its name.[1]

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