Thermoleophilum album
| Thermoleophilum album | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Thermoleophilia |
| Order: | Thermoleophilales |
| Family: | Thermoleophilaceae |
| Genus: | Thermoleophilum |
| Species: | T. album
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| Binomial name | |
| Thermoleophilum album Zarilla and Perry 1986
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Thermoleophilum album is a bacterium obligate for thermophily and n-alkane substrates, the type species of its genus. It is Gram-negative, aerobic, small, and rod-shaped. It lacks pigmentation, motility, and the ability to form endospores, with type strain ATCC 35263.