Thermocrinis minervae

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| taxon = Thermocrinis minervae

| authority = Caldwell et al. 2010

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Thermocrinis minervae is a bacterium. Its cells are gram-negative and are approximately 2.4–3.9 micrometres long and 0.5–0.6 micrometres wide; they are motile rods with polar flagella. It grows in temperatures between {{convert|65|°C|°F}} and {{convert|85|°C|°F}}. Its type strain is CR11^T (=5DSM 19557^T =5ATCC BAA-1533^T).{{cite journal|last1=Caldwell|first1=S. L.|last2=Liu|first2=Y.|last3=Ferrera|first3=I.|last4=Beveridge|first4=T.|last5=Reysenbach|first5=A.-L.|title=Thermocrinis minervae sp. nov., a hydrogen- and sulfur-oxidizing, thermophilic member of the Aquificales from a Costa Rican terrestrial hot spring|journal=International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology|volume=60|issue=2|year=2009|pages=338–343|issn=1466-5026|doi=10.1099/ijs.0.010496-0|pmid=19651724|doi-access=free}}