Thiomargarita namibiensis Thiomargarita namibiensis

Thiomargarita namibiensis is commonly referred to as Thiomargarita namibiensis. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!.

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AphiaID:: 570690

Scientific:: Thiomargarita namibiensis
German:: Schwefelbakterium
English:: Thiomargarita Namibiensis

Category:: Bacteria

Family tree:: Bacteria (Kingdom) > Proteobacteria (Phylum) > Gammaproteobacteria (Class) > Thiotrichales (Order) > Thiotrichaceae (Family) > Thiomargarita (Genus) > namibiensis (Species)
Initial determination:: Schulz, Brinkhoff, Ferdelman, Marine, Teske & Jorg, 1999

Occurrence:: Namibia
Size:: up to 0.03" (0.075 cm)
Temperature:: 53.6 °F - 62.6 °F (12°C - 17°C)
Food:: No reliable information available
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!
Offspring:: Possible to breed

CITES:

Not evaluated

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Thiomargarita namibiensis
Schwefelbakterium

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2015-10-07 15:41:07
Last edit:: 2015-10-07 15:41:07

Captive breeding / propagation

The offspring of Thiomargarita namibiensis are possible. Unfortunately, the number of offspring is not large enough to cover the demand of the trade. If you are interested in Thiomargarita namibiensis, please ask your dealer for offspring. If you already own Thiomargarita namibiensis, try breeding yourself. This will help to improve the availability of offspring in the trade and to conserve natural stocks.

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Schulz, Brinkhoff, Ferdelman, Marine, Teske & Jorgensen, 1999

Classification: Biota > Bacteria (Kingdom) > Proteobacteria (Phylum) > Gammaproteobacteria (Class) > Thiotrichales (Order) > Thiotrichaceae (Family) > Thiomargarita (Genus) > Thiomargarita namibiensis (Species)

External links

Die Entdeckung der großen nitratspeichernden Schwefelbakterien (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Micorbewiki (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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