thermoanaerobacterium aotearoense thermoanaerobacterium aotearoense thermoanaerobacterium aotearoense is a slightly acidophilic, anaerobic, thermophile first isolated from hot springs in new zealand, hence its name. it is gram-negative, peritrichously flagellated, rod-shaped forming oval terminal endospores. strain jw/sl-nz613t (= dsm 10170) is its type strain. its genome has been sequenced. thermoanaerobacterium aotearoense scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacillota class: clostridia order: thermoanaerobacterales family: thermoanaerobacteraceae genus: thermoanaerobacterium species: t. aotearoense binomial name thermoanaerobacterium aotearoenseliu et al. 1996