Caloramator indicus sp. nov., a new thermophilic anaerobic bacterium isolated from the deep-seated nonvolcanically heated waters of an Indian artesian aquifer

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 497-501

  Chrisostomos, Sonya ^a   Patel, B K C ^a   Dwivedi, Prem P ^a   Denman, Stuart E ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; CHLORAMPHENICOL; PENICILLIN G; RNA 16S; TETRACYCLINE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

EID: 0029990992     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-46-2-497     Document Type: Article

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