Thiorhodococcus minus, gen. nov., sp. nov., a new purple sulfur bacterium isolated from coastal lagoon sediments

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 16-23

  Guyoneaud, Rémy ^a   Matheron, Robert ^b   Liesack, Werner ^c   Imhoff, Johannes F ^d   Caumette, Pierre ^a  

^a Lab d'Oceanogr Biologique   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacteriochlorophyll a; Chromatiaceae; Coastal lagoon; Phylogenetic relationships; Rhodopin; Thiocapsa; Thiocystis; Thiorhodococcus

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; CAROTENOID; FRUCTOSE; FUMARIC ACID; GLYCOLIC ACID; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; LACTIC ACID; PROPANOL; PROPIONIC ACID; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; SUCCINIC ACID; SUCROSE; SULFUR; THIOSULFATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; LAGOON; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SEDIMENT; SULFUR BACTERIUM; THIORHODOCOCCUS MINUS;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BASE COMPOSITION; CHROMATIACEAE; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; FRANCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SULFUR; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THIOCAPSA; THIOCAPSA ROSEOPERSICINA; THIOCYSTIS; THIORHODOCOCCUS; THIORHODOCOCCUS MINOR;

EID: 0030875482     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050464     Document Type: Article

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