| Caldimicrobium rimae | |
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| Caldimicrobium rimae | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Thermodesulfobacteriota |
| Class: | Thermodesulfobacteria |
| Order: | Thermodesulfobacteriales |
| Family: | Thermodesulfobacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Caldimicrobium |
| Species: | C. rimae |
| Binomial name | |
| Caldimicrobium rimae Miroshnichenko et al. 2009[1] | |
| Type strain | |
| DS, DSM 19393, VKM B-2460[2] | |
| Synonyms | |
Caldus autotrophicum[3] | |
Caldimicrobium rimae is an extremelythermophilic, strictlyanaerobic and facultativelychemolithoautotrophic bacterium from the genus ofCaldimicrobium which has been isolated from theTreshchinnyi Spring fromUzon Caldera inRussia.[1][3][4][5][6]
Caldimicrobium rimae varies from its family ofThermodesulfobacteriaceae as it is not capable of oxidizing organic acids or alcohols and use sulfur as an electron receptor.[citation needed]
