Thiomicrospira aerophila (basonynm: Thioalkalimicrobium aerophilum) is an obligately alkaliphilic and obligately chemolithoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing bacterium that was previously the type species of Thioalkalimicrobium prior to reclassification in 2017. It was first isolated from soda lakes in northern Russia.
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Further reading
Seckbach, Joseph, Aharon Oren, and Helga Stan-Lotter, eds. Polyextremophiles: Life under multiple forms of stress. Vol. 27. Springer, 2013.
External links Type strain of Thioalkalimicrobium aerophilum at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase