Clostridium ultunense sp. nov., a mesophilic bacterium oxidizing acetate in syntrophic association with a hydrogenotrophic methanogenic bacterium

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1145-1152

  Schnürer, Anna ^a   Schink, Bernhard ^c   Svensson, Bo H ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLOSTRIDIUM; FERMENTATION; METHANOBACTERIUM; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM ULTUNENSE; METHANOBACTERIUM; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0029846625     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-46-4-1145     Document Type: Article

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