Isolation and characterization of a new gram-negative, acetone- degrading, nitrate-reducing bacterium from soil, Paracoccus solventivorans sp. nov.

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1125-1130

  Siller, Hubert ^a   Rainey, Fred A ^b   Stackebrandt, Erko ^b   Winter, Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; BACTERIAL DNA; BICARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; NITRATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODEGRADATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL MICROFLORA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COCCOIDEA; NEGIBACTERIA; PARACOCCUS SOLVENTIVORANS; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0029820169     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-46-4-1125     Document Type: Article

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