Thermobrachium celere gen. nov., sp. nov., a rapidly growing thermophilic, alkalitolerant, and proteolytic obligate anaerobe

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1025-1033

  Engle, Marcella ^a   Li, Youhong ^a,e   Rainey, Fred ^b   DeBlois, Suzanne ^a   Mai, Volker ^a   Reichert, Arno ^a   Mayer, Frank ^c   Messner, Paul ^d   Wiegel, Juergen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SIZE; DNA SEQUENCE; FERMENTATION; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYLOGENY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TEMPERATURE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THERMOBRACHIUM; THERMOBRACHIUM CELERE;

EID: 0029821778     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-46-4-1025     Document Type: Article

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