''Sulfurimonas autotrophica'' is a sulfur- and thiosulfate-oxidizing bacterium. It is
mesophilic
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, and its cells are short rods, each being
motile
Motility is the ability of an organism to move independently using metabolic energy. This biological concept encompasses movement at various levels, from whole organisms to cells and subcellular components.
Motility is observed in animals, mi ...
by means of a single polar
flagellum
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.
Its genome has been sequenced.
References
Further reading
*Voordeckers, James Walter. Physiology and Molecular Ecology of Chemolithoautotrophic Nitrate Reducing Bacteria at Deep Sea Hydrothermal Vents. ProQuest, 2007.
External links
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LPSNType strain of ''Sulfurimonas autotrophica'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
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