| Brockia lithotrophica | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Bacillota |
| Class: | Clostridia |
| Order: | Thermoanaerobacterales |
| Family: | Thermoanaerobacteraceae |
| Genus: | Brockia |
| Species: | B. lithotrophica |
| Binomial name | |
| Brockia lithotrophica Perevalova et al. 2013 [1] | |
| Type strain [2] | |
| DSM 22653, Kam1851, VKM B-2685 | |
Brockia lithotrophica is a thermophilic bacterium from the genus Brockia which has been isolated from a sediment-water mixture from a hot spring in Uzon Caldera in Russia. [1] [3] [4] [5] This bacterium is rod shaped, spore-forming and obligate anaerobe. It is lithoautotroph and grows on a mineral medium with molecular sulfur, thiosulfate or polysulfide; it has optimal growth temperature in the range of 60 to 65 °C (140 to 149 °F) for pH 6.5, but it is able to grow between 46 °C (115 °F) and 78 °C (172 °F) and pH ranging from 5.5 to 8.5. [6]
