- Source: Persephonella guaymasensis
Persephonella guaymasensis is a thermophilic, hydrogen-oxidizing microaerophile first isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. It is strictly chemolithoautotrophic, microaerophilic, motile, 2-4 micrometres in size, rod-shaped, Gram-negative and non-sporulating. Its type strain is EX-H2T.
References
Further reading
Tokano, Tetsuya, ed. Water on Mars and life. Vol. 4. Springer, 2005.
D'Imperio, Seth. Microbial Interactions with Arsenite, Hydrogen and Sulfide in an Acid-sulfate-chloride Geothermal Spring. ProQuest, 2008.
Webster, Nicole S.; et al. (2004). "Diverse microbial communities inhabit Antarctic sponges". Environmental Microbiology. 6 (3): 288–300. doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2004.00570.x. PMID 14871212.
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"Persephonella guaymasensis". The Encyclopedia of Life.
