the type species of the type genus of the family Thermodesulfobacteriaceae. They were more similar to the
fatty acid patterns reported for members of the Aquifex–
Hydrogenobacter group (Sto¨hr et al., 2001), although the
longer-chain components found in the latter group were not
found in strain CIR29812T.
Based on a combination of 16S rRNA, chemotaxonomic
and physiological data, we propose that strain CIR29812T
be placed into a new genus within the family Thermodesulfobacteriaceae,
for which we propose the name
Thermodesulfatator, as a new species, Thermodesulfatator
indicus, which is the sole and type species of this genus