limnobacter thiooxidans limnobacter thiooxidans limnobacter thiooxidans is a gram-negative, thiosulfate-oxidizing bacterium with a single polar flagellum, from the genus limnobacter and family burkholderiaceae, isolated from sediment of the littoral zone from the chiemsee in germany. limnobacter thiooxidans scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: betaproteobacteria order: burkholderiales family: burkholderiaceae genus: limnobacter species: l. thiooxidans binomial name limnobacter thiooxidansspring et al. 2001 type strain cip 107302, cs-k2, dsm 13612, kctc 12942, lmg 19593, spring cs-k2