Emended description of Thermosipho africanus as a carbohydrate-fermenting species using thiosulfate as an electron acceptor

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 321-323

  Ravot, Gilles ^a   Ollivier, Bernard ^a   Patel, Bharat K C ^a,c   Magot, Michel ^b   Garcia, Jean Louis ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b SANOFI   (France)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; THIOSULFATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TAXONOMY; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THERMOSIPHO AFRICANUS; THERMOTOGALES;

EID: 0030061688     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-46-1-321     Document Type: Article

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