Thermolithobacteria
Thermolithobacteria is a class of rod-shaped Gram-positive bacteria within phylum Bacillota. Species within this class are thermophilic lithotrophs isolated from sediment in Calcite Springs in Yellowstone National Park. Thermolithobacter ferrireducens strain JW/KA-2 metabolism consists of the oxidation of hydrogen gas and reduction of ferric oxide to magnetite. Thermolithobacter carboxydivorans strain R1 is hydrogenic and oxidizes carbon monoxide.
Taxonomy
Order Thermolithobacterales Sokolova et al. 2007- * Family Thermolithobacteraceae Sokolova et al. 2007
- ** Genus Thermolithobacter Sokolova et al. 2007
- *** Species T. carboxydivorans Sokolova et al. 2007
- *** Species T. ferrireducens Sokolova et al. 2007