Pyrinomonas

Pyrinomonas
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Acidobacteriota
Class: Blastocatellia
Order: Blastocatellales
Family: Pyrinomonadaceae
Genus: Pyrinomonas
Crowe et al. 2014
Type species
Pyrinomonas methylaliphatogenes
Crowe et al. 2014
Species
  • P. methylaliphatogenes

Pyrinomonas is a genus of bacteria, containing the only species Pyrinomonas methylaliphatogenes, which is an aerobic, thermophilic, and acidophilic strain of bacteria that can scavenge hydrogen gas from the atmosphere to survive in nutrient-deficient areas.