Fontimonas is a Gram-negative genus of bacteria from the family of Nevskiaceae with one known species (Fontimonas thermophila).[2][1][3][4] Fontimonas thermophila has been isolated from a hot spring from the Hot Springs National Park in the United States.[5][2]

Fontimonas
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Fontimonas

Losey et al. 2013[1]
Type species
Fontimonas thermophila[1]
Species

F. thermophila[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Parte, A.C. "Fontimonas". LPSN.
  2. ^ a b Losey, NA; Stevenson, BS; Verbarg, S; Rudd, S; Moore, ER; Lawson, PA (January 2013). "Fontimonas thermophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic bacterium isolated from a freshwater hot spring, and proposal of Solimonadaceae fam. nov. to replace Sinobacteraceae Zhou et al. 2008". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 63 (Pt 1): 254–9. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.037127-0. PMID 22407788.
  3. ^ "Fontimonas". www.uniprot.org.
  4. ^ Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (1 January 2003). Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (eds.). "Taxonomic Abstract for the genera". The NamesforLife Abstracts. doi:10.1601/tx.23732.
  5. ^ "Details: DSM-23609". www.dsmz.de.