Hydrogenothermaceae

The Hydrogenothermaceae family are bacteria that live in harsh environmental settings. They have been found in hot springs, sulfur pools, thermal ocean vents. They are true bacteria as opposed to the other inhabitants of extreme environments, the Archaea. An example occurrence of certain extremophiles in this family are organisms of the genus Sulfurihydrogenibium that are capable of surviving in extremely hot environments such as Hverigerdi, Iceland.^[1]

Classification

Family Hydrogenothermaceae^[2]

• Hydrogenothermus Stöhr et al. 2001
  • Hydrogenothermus marinus Stöhr et al. 2001
• Venenivibrio Hetzer et al. 2008
  • Venenivibrio stagnispumantis Hetzer et al. 2008
• Persephonella Götz et al. 2002
  • P. guaymasensis Götz et al. 2002
  • P. hydrogeniphila Nakagawa et al. 2003
  • P. marina Götz et al. 2002
• Sulfurihydrogenibium Takai et al. 2003 emend. O'Neill et al. 2008
  • S. azorense Aguiar et al. 2004 emend. Nakagawa et al. 2005
  • S. kristjanssonii Flores et al. 2008
  • S. rodmanii O'Neill et al. 2008
  • S. subterraneum Takai et al. 2003 emend. Nakagawa et al. 2005
  • S. yellowstonense Nakagawa et al. 2005

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