Isolated from samples taken at the storage site of coal mining waste at the Bungur-skiy-Severny coal deposit near the Apanas village of the Novokuznetsk district, Kemerovo region, Russia (53.542314 N, 86.862370 E).
Metagenomic analysis of the microbial community in the underground coal fire area (Kemerovo Region, Russia) revealed predominance of thermophilic members of the phyla Deinococcus-Thermus, Aquificae, and Firmicutes.