Thermosyntropha lipolytica gen. nov., sp. nov., a lipolytic, anaerobic, alkalitolerant, thermophilic bacterium utilizing short- and long-chain fatty acids in syntrophic coculture with a methanogenic archaeum

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1131-1137

  Svetlitshnyi, Vitalii ^a   Rainey, Fred ^b   Wiegel, Juergen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; LIPOLYSIS; METHANOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOBACTERIUM; SYNTROPHOMONAS; SYNTROPHOSPORA; THERMOSYNTROPHA LIPOLYTICA;

EID: 0029846623     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-46-4-1131     Document Type: Article

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