Thiobaca

{{short description|Genus of bacteria}}

{{Taxobox

| domain = Bacteria

| phylum = Pseudomonadota

| classis = Gammaproteobacteria

| ordo = Chromatiales

| familia = Chromatiaceae

| genus = Thiobaca

| genus_authority = Rees et al. 2002{{cite journal |title=Thiobaca |journal=LPSN |url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/thiobaca}}

| type_species = Thiobaca trueperi

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = T. trueperi

| synonyms =

}}

Thiobaca is a phototrophic and motile genus of bacteria from the family of Chromatiaceae with one known species (Thiobaca trueperi).{{cite journal |title=Thiobaca |website=www.uniprot.org |url=https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/127457}}{{cite journal |last1=Parker |first1=Charles Thomas |last2=Wigley |first2=Sarah |last3=Garrity |first3=George M |editor2-first=George M |editor2-last=Garrity |editor1-first=Charles Thomas |editor1-last=Parker |title=Taxonomic Abstract for the genera. |date=16 April 2009 |doi=10.1601/tx.2121 |publisher=NamesforLife, LLC |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Hell |first1=Rüdiger |last2=Dahl |first2=Christiane |last3=Knaff |first3=David B. |last4=Leustek |first4=Thomas |title=Sulfur Metabolism in Phototrophic Organisms |date=2008 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=9781402068638 |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Falkiewicz-Dulik |first1=Michalina |last2=Janda |first2=Katarzyna |last3=Wypych |first3=George |title=Handbook of Material Biodegradation, Biodeterioration, and Biostablization |date=2015 |publisher=Elsevier |isbn=9781927885024 |language=en}}{{cite journal |last1=Rees |first1=GN |last2=Harfoot |first2=CG |last3=Janssen |first3=PH |last4=Schoenborn |first4=L |last5=Kuever |first5=J |last6=Lünsdorf |first6=H |title=Thiobaca trueperi gen. nov., sp. nov., a phototrophic purple sulfur bacterium isolated from freshwater lake sediment. |journal=International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology |date=March 2002 |volume=52 |issue=Pt 2 |pages=671–8 |doi=10.1099/00207713-52-2-671 |pmid=11931182|doi-access=free |hdl=21.11116/0000-0001-D32D-F |hdl-access=free }} Thiobaca trueperi has been isolated from sediments from a eutrophic lake.