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Thermotoga  

[Thermotoga-section]

What you should know:

Thermotoga is a thermophilic chemoheterotroph. Like the archaea, these bacteria have unusual heat-resistant membranes; they are, however, not archaea. These bacteria are sheathed

Classification:

Domain Bacteria

    Phylum Thermotogae

        Class Thermotogae

Bergey's Manual Volume 1: The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria

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