Thermicanus aegyptius

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Thermicanus aegyptius
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T. aegyptius
Binomial name
Thermicanus aegyptius
Gößner et al. 2000 [1]
Type strain
ATCC 700890, DSM 12793, ET-5b [2]

Thermicanus aegyptius is a microaerophile and thermophilic bacterium from the genus Thermicanus , which has been isolated from oxic soil in Egypt. [1] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de
  2. Straininfo of Thermicanus aegyptius
  3. Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen
  4. Gössner, AS; Devereux, R; Ohnemüller, N; Acker, G; Stackebrandt, E; Drake, HL (November 1999). "Thermicanus aegyptius gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from oxic soil, a fermentative microaerophile that grows commensally with the thermophilic acetogen Moorella thermoacetica". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 65 (11): 5124–33. Bibcode:1999ApEnM..65.5124G. doi:10.1128/AEM.65.11.5124-5133.1999. PMC   91689 . PMID   10543831.
  5. Dürre, Peter, ed. (2005). Handbook on Clostridia. London: CRC Press. ISBN   0-203-48981-0.
  6. UniProt

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