{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}} {{automatic taxobox | taxon = Thermithiobacillus | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = * ''Thermithiobacillus tepidarius'' * ''Thermithiobacillus plumbiphilus'' }}

'''''Thermithiobacillus''''' is a genus of nonsporeforming, rod-shaped, Gram-negative bacteria. The name derives from the Latin ''thermae'', for warm baths, and the Classical Greek θείος, ''theios'' for sulfur. The type species of this genus was previously assigned to the genus ''Thiobacillus'', but it was reclassified on the basis of 16S rRNA analysis in 2000, creating this genus.<ref name=Kelly2000>{{cite journal |author= Kelly and Wood |author-link2=Ann P. Wood|title=Reclassification of some species of ''Thiobacillus'' to the newly designated genera ''Acidithiobacillus'' gen. nov., ''Halothiobacillus'' gen. nov. and ''Thermithiobacillus'' gen. nov |journal=Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. |volume=50 |pages=489–500 |year=2000 |pmid=10758854 |last2= Wood |first2= AP |doi=10.1099/00207713-50-2-511|doi-access=free }}</ref>

A phylogenetic analysis, using 98 protein families confirmed this reassignment.<ref name=Hudson2014>{{cite journal |author= Hudson, Williams and Kelly |title=Definitive Assignment by Multigenome Analysis of the Gammaproteobacterial Genus ''Thermithiobacillus'' to the Class ''Acidithiobacillia'' |journal=Pol. J. Microbio. |volume=63 |pages=245–247 |year=2014}}</ref> This chemolithoautotrophic genus is obligately aerobic and moderately thermophilic (43-45&nbsp;°C).<ref name=Kelly2000/> The type species is ''Thermithiobacillus tepidarius''.<ref>[https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/thermithiobacillus LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de]</ref> A second species, ''Thermithiobacillus plumbiphilus,'' was published in 2016.<ref name= Wanatable2016>{{cite journal |author= Wanatabe |display-authors=etal |title=''Thermithiobacillus plumbiphilus'' sp. nov., a sulfur oxidizing bacterium isolated from lead sulfide |journal=Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. |volume=66 |pages=1986–1989 |year=2016 |pmid=26873326 |last2= Wanatabe |first2= T |doi=10.1099/ijsem.0.000972|doi-access=free }}</ref>

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==External links== *[http://bacdive.dsmz.de/index.php?search=132526&submit=Search Type strain of ''Thermithiobacillus plumbiphilus'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase]

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Category:Thermithiobacillus Category:Bacteria genera Category:Thermithiobacillaceae Category:Acidithiobacillia Category:Acidithiobacillales

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