''Fervidicella'' is a

Gram-negative Gram-negative bacteria are bacteria that, unlike gram-positive bacteria, do not retain the crystal violet stain used in the Gram staining method of bacterial differentiation. Their defining characteristic is that their cell envelope consists ...

thermophilic A thermophile is a type of extremophile that thrives at relatively high temperatures, between . Many thermophiles are archaea, though some of them are bacteria and fungi. Thermophilic eubacteria are suggested to have been among the earliest bact ...

and strictly

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 ...

bacterial genus from the family of

Clostridiaceae The Clostridiaceae are a family of the bacteria Bacteria (; : bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one Cell (biology), biological cell. They constitute a large domain (biology), domain of Prokaryo ...

with one known species (''Fervidicella metallireducens''). ''Fervidicella metallireducens'' has been isolated from

microbial mats A microbial mat is a multi-layered sheet or biofilm of microbial colony (biology), colonies, composed of mainly bacteria and/or archaea. Microbial mats grow at interface (chemistry), interfaces between different types of material, mostly on submer ...

from the

Great Artesian Basin The Great Artesian Basin (GAB) of Australia is the largest and deepest artesian basin in the world, extending over . Measured water temperatures range from . The basin provides the only source of fresh water through much of inland Australia. ...

References

Clostridiaceae Bacteria genera Monotypic bacteria genera Taxa described in 2010 {{Firmicutes-stub

See also

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