Formation of ammonium from nitrate during chemolithoautotrophic growth of the extremely thermophilic bacterium Ammonifex degensii gen. nov. sp. nov

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 40-49

  Huber, R ^a   Rossnagel, P ^a   Woese, C R ^b   Rachel, R ^a   Langworthy, T A ^c   Stetter, K O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonifex degensii; Autotroph; Bacteria; Nitrate ammonification; Solfatara fields; Sulfate reduction; Thermophile

Indexed keywords

AMMONIFEX DEGENSII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

ACETIC ACID; AMMONIA; BACTERIAL DNA; CARBON DIOXIDE; FATTY ACID ESTER; FORMIC ACID; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; LIPID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NITRATE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PYRUVIC ACID; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S; SULFATE; SULFUR;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERMENTATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; THERMAL SPRING; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

EID: 0029932594     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0723-2020(96)80007-5     Document Type: Article

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