Table 6: The Order Thermales
|
| Species |
Location |
Morphology |
- Temperature
- (optimum, °C)
|
- pH Range
- (Optimum)
|
Metabolism |
Electron Donor |
Electron Acceptor |
Comments |
Ref. |
| Meiothermus chliarophilus |
Vizela, Portugal |
Rods and filaments; non-motile |
- 40-65
- (55)
|
- nd
- (8-8.5)
|
O |
Casein; elastin; hide-powder azule; starch; many sugars and amino acids |
Organics |
Yeast extract required; orange-red pigmentation |
- Tenreiro et al. (1995)
|
| Meiothermus cerbereus |
Geysir area, Iceland |
Rods and filamentous rods; non-motile |
- 35-60
- (55)
|
- 5.5-10
- (7.5)
|
O, M |
Elastin; esculin; fibrin; casein; hide powder azule; cellobiose; trehalose; pyruvate |
Organics; cysteine; S2O3(2-); thioglycolate |
Orange-red pigmentation |
Chumg et al. (1997) |
| Meiothermus silvanus |
Vizela, Portugal |
Rods and filaments; non-motile |
- 40-60
- (50)
|
- nd
- (8)
|
O |
Casein; elastin; fibrin; gelatin; hide-powder azule; starch; sugars and amino acids |
Organics |
Yeast extract required for growth; orange-red pigmentation |
Tenreiro et al. (1995) |
| Thermodesulfovibrio yellowstonii |
Yellowstone Lake, Wyoming |
Curved rods; 1.5 micrometers long; motile |
- 40-70
- (65)
|
- 6.5-7.7
- (6.8-7)
|
O, M |
Lactate; pyruvate or H2; formate with acetate as Carbon source |
- SO4(2-); SO3(2-);
- S2O3(2-)
|
Pyruvate was the only fermentable substrate |
Henry et al. (1994) |
