Thiomicrospira kuenenii sp. nov. and Thiomicrospira frisia sp. nov., two mesophilic obligately chemolithoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria isolated from an intertidal mud flat

¹Molecular Ecology Group, Max-Planck-Institute for Marine Microbiology, Celsiusstraβe 1, D-28359 Bremen, Germany
²Department of Microbiology, Max-Planck-Institute for Marine Microbiology, Celsiusstraβe 1, D-28359 Bremen, Germany
³Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), PO Box 59, NL-1790 AB Den Burg (Texel), The Netherlands
⁴Department of Biology, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA