thermodesulfobacterium hydrogeniphilum thermodesulfobacterium hydrogeniphilum thermodesulfobacterium hydrogeniphilum is a species of sulfate-reducing bacteria. it is thermophilic, chemolithoautotrophic, non-spore-forming, marine species, with type strain sl6t (=dsm 14290t =jcm 11239t). thermodesulfobacterium hydrogeniphilum scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: thermodesulfobacteriota class: thermodesulfobacteria order: thermodesulfobacteriales family: thermodesulfobacteriaceae genus: thermodesulfobacterium species: t. hydrogeniphilumjeanthon et al. 2002 binomial name thermodesulfobacterium hydrogeniphilum