Thiobacillus
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Thiobacillus
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Thiobacillus thioparus |
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Thiobacillus is a genus of Gram-negative Betaproteobacteria. Thiobacilus thioparus is the type species of the genus.
Reclassifications
As a result of 16S ribosomal RNA sequence analysis, many members of Thiobacillus have been reassigned.[1]
- Thiobacillus versutus to Paracoccus.
- Thiobacillus acidophilus to Acidiphilium.
- Thiobacillus intermedius, Thiobacillus perometabolis, Thiobacillus thermosulfatus, and Thiobacilus cuprinus to Thiomonas.
- Thiobacillus thiooxidans, Thiobacillus ferroxoxidans, Thiobacillus caldus, and Thiobacillus albertensis to Acidithiobacillus.
- Thiobacillus neapolitanus, Thiobacillus halophilus, and Thiobacillus hydrothermalis to Halothiobacillus.
- Thiobacillus tepidarius to Thermithiobacillus.[1]