Table 2 Microbial genera1 that are comprised primarily of mesophilic strains (no laboratory growth reported at >45 °C) and phylogenetic relatives of which were detected in Shivlinga’s mat communities growing at >50 °C.
From: Microbiome and ecology of a hot spring-microbialite system on the Trans-Himalayan Plateau
Phyla | Genera | Highest temperature at which culture-based growth has been reported | Reference2 pertaining to the highest temperature at which culture-based growth was reported | VWM (66 °C) | DG3 (52 °C) | DG4 (41 °C) | WG3 (56 °C) | WG4 (46 °C) | WG5 (38 °C) | WG6 (36 °C) | WG7 (33 °C) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bacteroidetes | Alistipes | 45 °C | Rautio et al. (2003) | + | + | + | + | + | − | + | + |
Cytophaga | 35 °C | Christensen (1980) | + | + | + | − | + | + | + | + | |
Hymenobacter | 40 °C | Subhash et al. (2014) | − | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | |
Flexithrix | 40 °C | Hosoya and Yokota (2007) | − | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | |
Bacteroides | 45 °C | Hatamoto et al. (2014) | − | − | + | + | + | − | + | + | |
Porphyromonas | 37 °C | Shah and Collins (1988) | − | − | + | + | + | − | + | + | |
Flavobacterium | 30 °C | Bernardet and Bowman (2015) | − | + | − | + | + | + | + | + | |
Actinobacteria | Streptomyces | 42 °C | Han et al. (2015) | − | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
Propionibacterium3 | 45 °C | Koussemon et al. (2001) | − | + | − | + | + | − | − | + | |
Actinoplanes | 37 °C | Sun et al. (2009) | + | + | − | + | + | − | − | − | |
Enterorhabdus | 40 °C | Clavel et al. (2010) | − | − | − | + | + | − | − | − | |
Kitasatospora | 42 °C | Zhang et al. (1997) | − | + | − | + | + | − | − | + | |
Proteobacteria | Pseudomonas | 41 °C | Wang et al. (2016) | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
Acinetobacter | 44 °C | Rooney et al. (2016) | − | + | − | − | + | + | + | − | |
Thiobacillus | 42 °C | Brinkhoff et al. (1999) | + | − | − | + | − | − | − | − | |
Acidithiobacillus | 45 °C | Kelly and Wood (2000) | + | + | − | − | + | − | − | − | |
Campylobacter | 42 °C | Koziel et al. (2014) | + | + | − | + | + | − | − | + | |
Thiohalocapsa | 30 °C | Anil Kumar et al. (2009) | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | |
Xanthomonas | 45 °C | Rautio et al. (2003) | − | − | + | + | + | − | + | + | |
Helicobacter | 35 °C | Christensen (1980) | − | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | |
Magnetospirillum | 30 °C | Schleifer et al. (1991) | − | − | − | + | + | − | − | + | |
Comamonas | 44 °C | Chang et al. (2002) | − | − | − | + | − | − | − | − | |
Neisseria | 42 °C | Wolfgang et al. (2011) | − | − | − | + | − | − | − | − | |
Halochromatium | 35 °C | Imhoff et al. (1998) | − | − | − | + | − | − | − | − | |
Halorhodospira | 35 °C | Hirschler-Rea et al. (2003) | − | − | − | + | + | − | − | − | |
Thiohalospira | 35 °C | Sorokin et al. (2008) | − | − | − | + | − | − | − | − | |
Xylella | 28 °C | Wells et al. (1987) | − | − | + | + | + | − | + | + | |
Marichromatium | 35 °C | Sucharita et al. (2010) | − | − | − | + | + | − | − | − | |
Paracoccus | 40 °C | Kim et al. (2010) | − | + | + | − | − | − | + | + | |
Methylobacterium | 37 °C | Wood et al. (1998) | − | + | − | − | − | + | + | + | |
Cyanobacteria | Gloeobacter | 37 °C | Castenholz (2001) | − | − | − | + | + | − | − | − |
Cylindrospermopsis | 35 °C | Briand et al. (2004) | − | − | − | + | − | − | − | − | |
Nostoc | 25 °C | Castenholz (2001) | − | − | + | + | + | + | − | + | |
Prochlorothrix | 30 °C | Castenholz (2001) | − | + | − | + | + | + | + | + | |
Dolichospermum | 30 °C | Castenholz (2001) | − | + | − | + | + | − | + | + | |
Planktothrix | 30 °C | Castenholz (2001) | − | + | − | + | + | − | + | + | |
Spirochaetes | Treponema | 30 °C | Evans et al. (2009) | + | + | + | − | + | + | + | + |
Leptospira | 37 °C | Smythe et al. (2013) | − | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | |
Tenericutes | Acholeplasma | 37 °C | Tully et al. (1994) | + | − | + | − | − | − | + | + |
Firmicutes | Streptococcus | 45 °C | Sherman et al. (1931) | + | − | + | − | + | − | − | + |
Paenibacillus3 | 37 °C | Shida et al. (1997) | + | − | − | + | + | + | + | + |
