What is "thermus"

Thermus is a genus of thermophilic bacteria. It is one of several bacteria belonging to the Deinococcus–Thermus group. It includes the following species:

• Thermus aquaticus Brock & Freeze, 1969
• Thermus brockianus Williams et al. 1995
• Thermus chliarophilus Tenreiro et al. 1995
• Thermus profundus Kobayashi et al. 1995
• Thermus oshimai Williams et al. 1996
• Thermus filiformis Hudson et al. 1987
• Thermus antranikianii Chung, Rainey, Valente, Nobre, & da Costa, 2000
• Thermus igniterrae Chung, Rainey, Valente, Nobre, & da Costa, 2000
• Thermus islandicus Bjornsdottir et
• Thermus arciformis Zhang et al. 2010
• Thermus composti Vajna et al. 2012
• Thermus tengchongensis Yu, Yao, Ming, Yin, Zhou, Liu, Tang & Li, 2013
• Thermus caliditerrae Ming et al. 2014
• Thermus amyloliquefaciens Yu et al. 2015

Thermus may refer to:

• Thermus aquaticus, a species of bacterium
• a Roman cognomen, especially as used by
• Quintus Minucius Thermus (consul 193 BC)
• Marcus Minucius Thermus, a Roman praetor (81 BC) and general
• the Latinized spelling of the ancient city Thermos in Aetolia