Thiomonas islandica

Thiomonas islandica is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped, motile bacterium from the genus Thiomonas, which has the ability to oxidise sulfur compounds and hydrogen. It was isolated from a hot spring in Graendalur in southwestern Iceland.[3]

Thiomonas islandica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Proteobacteria
Class:
Betaproteobacteria
Order:
Burkholderiales
Family:
Comamonadaceae
Genus:
Thiomonas
Species:
T. islandica
Binomial name
Thiomonas islandica
Vésteinsdóttir et al. 2011[1]
Type strain
6C, DSM 21436, JCM 16107[2]

References
  1. LPSN
  2. http://www.straininfo.net/strains/864024
  3. Vésteinsdóttir, H; Reynisdóttir, D. B; Orlygsson, J (Jan 2011). "Thiomonas islandica sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic, hydrogen- and sulfur-oxidizing betaproteobacterium isolated from a hot spring". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 61 (Pt 1): 132–7. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.015511-0. PMID 20173005.


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