Thermophilic organism isolated from a subsurface sample taken from Piceance Basin, Colorado

Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus strain X514. This strain was isolated by anaerobic enrichment culture from a deep subsurface sample (2000 m below the surface) taken from a core hole at the Piceance Basin, Colorado, USA. It can use a variety of electron donors, including glucose, acetate, hydrogen and xylose while reducing iron, chromium and uranium at 60 degrees.