Open AccessDescription of Caldicellulosiruptor saccharolyticus gen. nov., sp. nov: An obligately anaerobic, extremely thermophilic, cellulolytic bacterium
Author(s) -
Rainey F.A.,
Donnison A.M.,
Janssen P.H.,
Saul D.,
Rodrigo A.,
Bergquist P.L.,
Daniel R.M.,
Stackebrandt E.,
Morgan H.W.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1994.tb07043.x
Subject(s) - thermophile , biology , clostridia , clostridium , microbiology and biotechnology , bacteria , anaerobic bacteria , clostridiales , bacillus (shape) , genetics
A new obligately anaerobic, extremely thermophilic, cellulolytic bacterium is described. The strain designated Tp8T 6331 is differentiated from thermophilic cellulolytic clostridia on the basis of physiological characteristics and phylogenetic position within the Bacillus/Clostridium subphylum of the Gram‐positive bacteria. Strain Tp8T 6331 is assigned to a new genus Caldicellulosiruptor , as Caldicellulosiruptor saccharolyticus gen., nov., sp. nov.