Thioalkalivibrio versutus

Thioalkalivibrio versutus is an obligately alkaliphilic and obligately chemolithoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria. It was first isolated from soda lakes in northern Russia.[1]

Thioalkalivibrio versutus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Proteobacteria
Class:
Gammaproteobacteria
Order:
Chromatiales
Family:
Ectothiorhodospiraceae
Genus:
Thioalkalivibrio
Species:
T. versutus
Binomial name
Thioalkalivibrio versutus
Sorokin et al. 2001

References
  1. Sorokin DY, Lysenko AM, Mityushina LL, Tourova TP, Jones BE, Rainey FA, et al. (2001). "Thioalkalimicrobium aerophilum gen. nov., sp. nov. and Thioalkalimicrobium sibericum sp. nov., and Thioalkalivibrio versutus gen. nov., sp. nov., Thioalkalivibrio nitratis sp.nov., novel and Thioalkalivibrio denitrificancs sp. nov., novel obligately alkaliphilic and obligately chemolithoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria from soda lakes". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 51 (Pt 2): 565–80. doi:10.1099/00207713-51-2-565. PMID 11321103.

Further reading
  • Loiko, N. G.; Kozlova, A. N.; Osipov, G. A.; El'-Registan, G. I. (2002). "Low-Molecular-Weight Autoregulatory Factors in the Haloalkaliphilic Bacteria Thioalkalivibrio versutus and Thioalkalimicrobium aerophilum". Microbiology. 71 (3): 262–268. doi:10.1023/A:1015890224756. ISSN 0026-2617.
  • Banciu, Horia; Sorokin, Dimitry Y.; Kleerebezem, Robbert; Muyzer, Gerard; Galinski, Erwin A.; Kuenen, J. Gijs (2004). "Growth kinetics of haloalkaliphilic, sulfur-oxidizing bacterium Thioalkalivibrio versutus strain ALJ 15 in continuous culture". Extremophiles. 8 (3): 185–192. doi:10.1007/s00792-004-0376-5. ISSN 1431-0651.


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