Isolated from a mixed sample of sediments and water collected from the Stolbovsky hot springs of Kunashir Island, Russia (N44 deg 00 min 25 sec E145 deg 40 min 59 sec, elevation 48 m) in July 2019.
Thermodesulfovibrio autotrophicus sp. nov., the first autotrophic representative of the widespread sulfate-reducing genus Thermodesulfovibrio, and Thermodesulfovibrio obliviosus sp. nov. that has lost this ability.