Carboxydothermus

Abstract

Car.bo.xy.do.ther'mus. N.L. n. carboxydum carbon monoxide; Gr. adj. thermos hot; N.L. masc. n. Carboxydothermus utilizing carbon monoxide while living in hot places. Firmicutes / “Clostridia” / Thermoanaerobacterales / Thermoanaerobacteraceae / Carboxydothermus Cells are straight to slightly curved rods, 0.3–0.5 × 1.3–2.7 µm. Gram‐stain‐positive with a Gram‐positive cell‐wall structure . Metabolism is obligately anaerobic , chemolithotrophic or chemo‐ or organoheterotrophic . Characteristic feature of the genus is the utilization of CO . DNA G + C content ( mol %): 39–41. Type species : Carboxydothermus hydrogenoformans Svetlichny, Sokolova, Gerhardt, Ringpfeil, Kostrikina and Zavarzin 1991b, 580 VP (Effective publication: Svetlichny, Sokolova, Gerhardt, Ringpfeil, Kostrikina and Zavarzin 1991a, 258.).