thermodesulforhabdus thermodesulforhabdus thermodesulforhabdus is an acetate-oxidizing bacterial genus from the order syntrophobacterales. up to now there is only on species of this genus known (thermodesulforhabdus norvegica). thermodesulforhabdus scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: thermodesulfobacteriota class: syntrophobacteria order: syntrophobacterales family: thermodesulforhabdaceaewaite et al. 2020 genus: thermosulforhabdusbeeder et al. 1996 type species thermodesulforhabdus norvegica species t. norvegica