''Caldanaerobius'' is a moderately
thermophilic
A thermophile is an organism—a type of extremophile—that thrives at relatively high temperatures, between . Many thermophiles are archaea, though they can be bacteria or fungi. Thermophilic eubacteria are suggested to have been among the ear ...
and
anaerobic
Anaerobic means "living, active, occurring, or existing in the absence of free oxygen", as opposed to aerobic which means "living, active, or occurring only in the presence of oxygen." Anaerobic may also refer to:
*Adhesive#Anaerobic, Anaerobic ad ...
genus of bacteria from the family of
Thermoanaerobacteraceae
The Thermoanaerobacteraceae is a highly polyphyletic family of bacteria placed within the class clostridia. Originally placed within the highly polyphyletic class Clostridia and order Thermoanaerobacterales, according to the NCBI and LPSN, it is ...
with one known species (''
Caloribacterium cisternae
''Caldanaerobius'' is a moderately thermophilic and anaerobic genus of bacteria from the family of Thermoanaerobacteraceae with one known species ('' Caloribacterium cisternae'').
References
Thermoanaerobacterales
Monotypic bacteria ...
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References
Thermoanaerobacterales
Monotypic bacteria genera
Bacteria genera
Thermophiles
Anaerobes
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