Lineage: Thermoanaerobacterium thermosaccharolyticum; Thermoanaerobacterium; Thermoanaerobacterales Family III; Thermoanaerobacterales; Firmicutes; Bacteria
General Information: Temp: Thermophile; Temp: 55-60C; An anaerobic, thermophilic Gram-positive bacterium. Thermoanaerobacterium thermosaccharolyticum, formerly Clostridium thermosaccharolyticum, produces a number of thermostable starch-degrading enzymes.
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General Information: Carbon fixation. Unable to oxidize hydrogen although hydrogen oxidation was thought to be universal in this group. Isolated from near-neutral-pH terrestrial hot springs in Obsidian Pool in Yellowstone National Park, USA.