Details for Ammonifex degensii

Ammonifex is a thermophilic member of the low GC, gram-positive Bacteria that grows anaerobically by H₂ oxidation coupled to the reduction of NO₃^- to NH₃. It contains ether-linked lipids similar to the thermophilic bacterium Thermodesulfobacterium. This is interesting because the glycerol side chains of these ether-linked lipids are not phytanyl groups but instead a unique C₁₇ hydrocarbon along with some fatty acids.