THERMOSYNTROPHA

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Svetlitshnyi et al 1996 46∶1136

Gr． adj．thermos hot；Gr．pref．syn with，together；Gr．v．tropein to eat；Gr． mascn．syntrophos foster brother or sister；M．L．fem．n．Thermosyntropha［foster sistersliking it hot］referring to the fact that the bacterium grows at elevated temperatures on fatty acids only in syntrophic cultures with hydrogen－utilizing microoganisms．热共生菌属；(S3)