Isolation and characterization of the homoacetogenic thermophilic bacterium Moorella glycerini sp. nov.

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 969-974

  Slobodkin, Alexander ^a   Reysenbach, Anna Louise ^b   Mayer, Frank ^c   Wiegel, Juergen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CYTOSINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FRUCTOSE; FUMARIC ACID; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; GLYCERIC ACID; GLYCEROL; GUANINE; LACTIC ACID; MANNOSE; PYRUVIC ACID; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SUCCINIC ACID; SULFUR; TETRACYCLINE; THIOSULFATE; XYLOSE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOORELLA GLYCERINI; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

EID: 0030763654     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-47-4-969     Document Type: Article

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