Disproportionation of inorganic sulfur compounds by the sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfocapsa thiozymogenes gen, nov., sp. nov.

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 184-192

  Janssen, Peter H ^a,b   Schuhmann, Alexandra ^a   Bak, Friedhelm ^a   Liesack, Werner ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Desulfobulbus; Desulfocapsa thiozymogenes; Disproportionation (thiosulfatesulfite); Ferric iron; Sulfate reduction; Sulfite; Sulfur; Thiosulfate

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CYTOCHROME; RNA 16S; SULFATE; SULFIDE; SULFITE; SULFUR; SULFUR DERIVATIVE; THIOSULFATE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SEDIMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM;

EID: 0029813330     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050374     Document Type: Article

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