Thermotoga hypogea explained

Thermotoga hypogea is a hyperthermophilic organism that is a member of the order Thermotogales. It is thermophilic, xylanolytic, glucose-fermenting, strictly anaerobic and rod-shaped. The type strain of T. hypogea is SEBR 7054 (= DSM 11164).^[1]

Further reading

• Yang. Xianqin. Ma. Kesen. Purification and characterization of an NADH oxidase from extremely thermophilic anaerobic bacterium Thermotoga hypogea. Archives of Microbiology. 183. 5. 2005. 331–337. 0302-8933. 10.1007/s00203-005-0777-6. 15912375. 22668579.
• Salma, Fariha. "Investigation of β-xylosidase, α-L-arabinofuranosidase and acetylesterase from Thermotoga hypogea." (2008).
• Dworkin, Martin, and Stanley Falkow, eds. The Prokaryotes: Vol. 7: Proteobacteria: Delta and Epsilon Subclasses. Deeply Rooting Bacteria. Vol. 7. Springer, 2006.
• Devrije. T. Pretreatment of Miscanthus for hydrogen production by Thermotoga elfii. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 27. 11–12. 2002. 1381–1390. 0360-3199. 10.1016/S0360-3199(02)00124-6.
• Fardeau. Marie-Laure. Goulhen. Florence. Bruschi. Mireille. Khelifi. Nadia. Cayol. Jean-Luc. Ignatiadis. Ioannis. Guyot. François. Ollivier. Bernard. Archaeoglobus fulgidusandThermotoga elfii, Thermophilic Isolates from Deep Geothermal Water of the Paris Basin. Geomicrobiology Journal. 26. 2. 2009. 119–130. 0149-0451. 10.1080/01490450802674970. 84729244.

External links

• • LPSN
• Type strain of Thermotoga hypogea at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Notes and References

1. Fardeau. M.-L.. Ollivier. B.. Patel. B. K. C.. Magot. M.. Thomas. P.. Rimbault. A.. Rocchiccioli. F.. Garcia. J.-L.. Thermotoga hypogea sp. nov., a Xylanolytic, Thermophilic Bacterium from an Oil-Producing Well. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 47. 4. 1997. 1013–1019. 0020-7713. 10.1099/00207713-47-4-1013. 9336900. free.