Archaeoglobus veneficus sp. nov., a novel facultative chemolithoautotrophic hyperthermophilic sulfite reducer, isolated from abyssal black smokers

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 374-380

  Huber, Harald ^a   Jannasch, Holger ^b   Rachel, Reinhard ^a   Fuchs, Tanja ^a   Stetter, Karl O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaea; Archaeoglobus; Marine; Methane; Sulfate; Sulfite

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BACTERIAL DNA; CARBOXYLIC ACID; GLUCOSE; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; METHANE; NITRATE; NITRITE; SULFATE; SULFITE; THIOSULFATE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; VOLCANO;

ARCHAEA; ARCHAEOGLOBUS; ARCHAEOGLOBUS VENEFICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030765128     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0723-2020(97)80005-7     Document Type: Article

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