Thauera

Thauera
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Betaproteobacteria
Order:	Rhodocyclales
Family:	Zoogloeaceae
Genus:	Thauera ; Macy et al. 1993
Type species
	Thauera selenatis;
Species
	See text

Last updated April 09, 2025

Thauera is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria in the family Zoogloeaceae of the order Rhodocyclales of the Betaproteobacteria . The genus is named for the German microbiologist Rudolf Thauer. Most species of this genus are motile by flagella and are mostly rod-shaped.^[1] The species occur in wet soil and polluted freshwater.^[1]

Species

The genus includes the following species:

References

1 2 Garrity, George M.; Brenner, Don J.; Krieg, Noel R.; Staley, James T. (eds.) (2005). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Volume Two: The Proteobacteria, Part C: The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria. New York, New York: Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-24145-6.
↑ Pal, D; Bhardwaj, A; Sudan, SK; Kaur, N; Kumari, M; Bisht, B; Vyas, B; Krishnamurthi, S; Mayilraj, S (January 2018). "Thauera propionica sp. nov., isolated from downstream sediment sample of the river Ganges, Kanpur, India". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 68 (1): 341–346. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.002508 . PMID 29185938. S2CID 46820334.

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[Bergey-1] 1 2 Garrity, George M.; Brenner, Don J.; Krieg, Noel R.; Staley, James T. (eds.) (2005). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Volume Two: The Proteobacteria, Part C: The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria. New York, New York: Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-24145-6.

[2] Pal, D; Bhardwaj, A; Sudan, SK; Kaur, N; Kumari, M; Bisht, B; Vyas, B; Krishnamurthi, S; Mayilraj, S (January 2018). "Thauera propionica sp. nov., isolated from downstream sediment sample of the river Ganges, Kanpur, India". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 68 (1): 341–346. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.002508 . PMID 29185938. S2CID 46820334.

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