Thermacetogenium phaeum is a species of bacterium. It is the type species and only species of the genus Thermacetogenium. It is strictly anaerobic, thermophilic, syntrophic and acetate-oxidizing. Its cells are gram-positive, endospore-forming and rod-shaped. Its type strain is PBT (= DSM 12270T). It has a potential biotechnological role.PFEIFFER, Robert, Glenn ULRICH, and Gary VANZIN. "THERMACETOGENIUM PHAEUM CONSORTIUM FOR THE PRODUCTION OF MATERIALS WITH ENHANCED HYDROGEN CONTENT." WIPO Patent No. 2007082032. 20 Jul. 2007.
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Further reading
Staley, James T., et al. "Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology, vol. 3."Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, MD (1989): 2250–2251.
External links
Type strain of Thermacetogenium phaeum at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase