Thiomicrospira aerophila (basonynm: Thioalkalimicrobium aerophilum) is an obligately alkaliphilic and obligately chemolithoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing bacterium that was previously the type species of Thioalkalimicrobium prior to reclassification in 2017.[1] It was first isolated from soda lakes in northern Russia.[2]
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Genus: | Thiomicrospira
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Species: | T. aerophila
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Thiomicrospira aerophila Boden et al. 2017 (Sorokin et al. 2001)[1]
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