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Thermophilic hydrogen-oxidizing strains forming round, terminal endospores were isolated from geothermal areas. They were neutrophilic and facultatively autotrophic. They resembledBacillus schlegelii, a thermophilic hydrogen bacterium found so far only in cold environments. Phenotypic similarities, as well as DNA G+C content and DNA:DNA homologies, clearly revealed that the isolated strains belonged to the taxospeciesB. schlegelii. Hence, the strains ofB. schlegelii found in cold environments are probably allochthonous, their origin being geothermal and volcanic areas.
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Bonjour, F., Graber, A. & Aragno, M. Isolation ofBacillus schlegelii, a thermophilic, hydrogen oxidizing, aerobic autotroph, from geothermal and nongeothermal environments. Microb Ecol 16, 331–337 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02011704
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