Caldimicrobium rimae | |
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Caldimicrobium rimae | |
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Species: | C. rimae |
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Caldimicrobium rimae Miroshnichenko et al. 2009 [1] | |
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DS, DSM 19393, VKM B-2460 [2] | |
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Caldus autotrophicum [3] |
Caldimicrobium rimae is an extremely thermophilic, strictly anaerobic and facultatively chemolithoautotrophic bacterium from the genus of Caldimicrobium which has been isolated from the Treshchinnyi Spring from Uzon Caldera in Russia. [1] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Caldimicrobium rimae varies from its family of Thermodesulfobacteriaceae as it is not capable of oxidizing organic acids or alcohols and use sulfur as an electron receptor.[ citation needed ]