Thermoanaerobacter mathranii

Thermoanaerobacter mathranii is a thermophilic, anaerobic, spore-forming bacteria.

Thermoanaerobacter mathranii
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Bacillota
Class:
Clostridia
Order:
Thermoanaerobacterales
Family:
Thermoanaerobacteraceae
Genus:
Thermoanaerobacter
Species:
T. mathranii
Subspecies:
Thermoanaerobacter mathranii subsp. alimentarius[1]
Thermoanaerobacter mathranii subsp. mathranii[1]
Binomial name
Thermoanaerobacter mathranii
Larsen et al. 1998[1]

The bacteria was first isolated from an Icelandic hot spring. The growth range for the organism is 50 to 75°C and pH 4.7-8.8, with optimal growth conditions at 70-75°C and pH 7.0. T. mathranii stains Gram-variable, but is structurally Gram-positive. The species was named by the researchers, "in honor of the late Indra M. Mathrani, who contributed greatly to our understanding of thermophilic anaerobes from hot springs during his short career."[2] A subspecies, T. mathranii subsp. alimentarius was found in canned food.[3]

References
  1. Parte, A.C. "Thermoanaerobacter". LPSN.
  2. Lise Larsen, Peter Nielsen and B. K. Ahring. Thermoanaerobacter mathranii sp. nov., an ethanol-producing, extremely thermophilic anaerobic bacterium from a hot spring in Iceland. Archives of Microbiology. Volume 168, Number 2 (1997), 114-119, DOI: 10.1007/s002030050476.
  3. Jean-Philippe Carlier, Isabelle Bonne, Marie Bedora-Faure. Isolation from canned foods of a novel Thermoanaerobacter species phylogenetically related to Thermoanaerobacter mathranii (Larsen 1997): Emendation of the species description and proposal of Thermoanaerobacter mathranii subsp. Alimentarius subsp. Nov. Anaerobe. Volume 12, Issue 3, June 2006, Pages 153–159.
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