Mesophilic, hydrogen- and thiosulfate-oxidizing bacterium.
Isolated from subseafloor-derived fluids emanating from the Crab Spa vent located on the East Pacific Rise (9 deg 50.3981 min N, 104 deg 17.4942 min W) at a water depth of 2506 m.
Mino S, Fukazawa S, Tsuchiya J, McNichol JC, Sievert SM, Yamaki S, Ando Y, Sawabe T
Title
Hydrogenimonas cancrithermarum sp. nov., a hydrogen- and thiosulfate-oxidizing mesophilic chemolithoautotroph isolated from diffuse-flow fluids on the East Pacific Rise, and an emended description of the genus Hydrogenimonas.