Obligate chemolithoautotroph.
Capable of using thiosulfate, sulfide, elemental sulphur or tetrathionate as an energy source.
Isolated from a sediment sample collected from the coast of Xiamen, PR China.
Thiomicrorhabdus sediminis sp. nov. and Thiomicrorhabdus xiamenensis sp. nov., novel sulfur-oxidizing bacteria isolated from coastal sediments and an emended description of the genus Thiomicrorhabdus.