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Bacteria > Proteobacteria > Gammaproteobacteria > Thiotrichaceae > Thiothrix
Bacteria > Gram-Negative Bacteria > Gram-Negative Aerobic Bacteria > Thiotrichaceae > Thiothrix

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Thiothrix  

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Scope note

  • A genus of colorless, filamentous, rod-shaped bacteria in the family THIOTRICHACEAE, containing sulfur globules. Thiothrix species are found as components of BIOFILMS in irrigation systems and wastewater treatment plants, and in marine environments as endosymbionts.

History note

  • 2007; use THIOTRICHACEAE 2004-2006

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D053525

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