FURTHER DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION
Thiospirillum jenense is the only species of this genus studied in ure culture so far. T jenense is a typical freshwater bacterium. information obtained from rRNA oligonucleotide patterns indicates that Tjenense belongs to the family Chromatiaceae and is distantly related to Chromatium and Allachro natium species. Complete sequences of the 16S rDNA of this bacterium are not yet available.