Kyrpidia tusciae
Kyrpidia tusciae is a species of Gram positive, facultatively anaerobic, thermophilic bacterium. The cells are rod-shaped and form spores.

"K. tusciae" was first isolated from ponds in a fumerole in Tuscany, Italy. It was originally classified as "Bacillus tusciae" in 1984, but in 2011 further tests led to the creation of the genus "Kyrpidia", of which "K. tusciae" was the first and only member.

The optimum growth temperature for "K. tusciae" is 55 °C, and can grow in the 42-67 °C range. Its optimum pH is 4.2-4.8, and grows in pH range 4.2-7.5.
Q857288
Gram positive
Concept
Q10876
bacterium
Concept
Q105880
fumerole
Concept
Q1273
Tuscany
LOC
Q38
Italy
LOC
Q18508783
Kyrpidia tusciae
Concept
1984-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1984
DATE
2011-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2011
DATE
+55^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
55
NUMBER
+42^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
42
NUMBER
-67^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
-67
NUMBER
+4.2^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
4.2
NUMBER
-4.8^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
-4.8
NUMBER
+4.2^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
4.2
NUMBER
-7.5^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
-7.5
NUMBER
Gram staining
subclass of
country