Thermocrinis albus DSM 14484

Thermocrinis albus (strain DSM 14484 / JCM 11386 / HI 11/12) is an anaerobic, hyperthermophilic, pink-colored Gram-negative bacterium isolated from whitish streamers in a sulfur-rich hot spring in Hveragerthi, Iceland. The generic name derives from the Greek word "therme", meaning "heat", and the Latin word "crinis", hair, meaning "hot hair", referring to the long hair-like filamentous cell structures. In an environment with a continuous flow this organism becomes filamentous, forming long white streamers. T. albus appears to be strictly chemolithoautotrophic which differentiates it from its two sister species T. ruber and T. minervae, which both can also grow chemoorganoheterotrophically. T. albus grows optimally under microaerophilic conditions when hydrogen and sulfur are present simultaneously as electron donors. Growth is observed in the temperature range of 55-89 degrees Celsius. It appears to play a major ecological role in global biochemical cycles in such high-temperature habitats. (Adapted from: http://standardsingenomics.org/index.php/sigen/article/view/sigs.761490/199). (EBI Integr8)