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Two anaerobic thermophilic bacteria, designated strains JW/SL824 and JW/SL-NZ826, were isolated from an acidic volcanic steam outlet on White Island, New Zealand. Cells were rod-shaped, spore-forming, motile and Gram-stain negative, but contained Gram-type positive cell wall. Strain JW/SL-NZ826 utilized various carbohydrates including xylose and glucose. The fermentation end products produced from glucose in the absence of thiosulfate were lactate, ethanol, acetate, CO and H. The temperature range for growth was 34–72 °C, with an optimum at 63–67 °C. The pH range for growth was 4.0–8.0, with an optimum at 5.0–6.5. The doubling time of strain JW/SL-NZ826 under optimal growth conditions was 2.4 h. The DNA G+C content was 34–35 mol% (HPLC). The two strains reduced up to 1 M thiosulfate to elemental sulfur without sulfide formation, which is a trend typically observed among species belonging to the genus . Sulfur globules containing short and long sulfur chains but no S-ring sulfur were produced inside and outside the cells. Up to 90 mM sulfite was tolerated. This tolerance is assumed to be an adaptation to the geochemistry of the environment of White Island. The 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, however, indicated that the two strains belonged to the genus , with similarities in the range 95.6–92.7 %. Therefore, strains JW/SL-NZ824 and JW/SL-NZ826 represent a novel taxon, for which the name sp. nov. is proposed, with strain JW/SL-NZ826 (=ATCC 700320=DSM 17917) as the type strain. Based on this and previous studies, an emended description of the genus is given.

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