| thiofaba tepidiphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel obligately chemolithoautotrophic, sulfur-oxidizing bacterium of the gammaproteobacteria isolated from a hot spring. | a novel obligately chemolithoautotrophic, sulfur-oxidizing bacterium designated strain bda453t was isolated from a hot spring in fukushima prefecture, japan. the cells were short-rod-shaped and possessed an inclusion, a gram-negative type cell wall and a single polar flagellum. strain bda453t grew by sulfur-oxidizing respiration with thiosulfate, elemental sulfur, sulfide and tetrathionate as electron donors and used only carbon dioxide as a carbon source. the optimum growth conditions were 45 d ... | 2008 | 18676474 |