Thermoterrabacterium ferrireducens gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic anaerobic dissimilatory Fe(III)-reducing bacterium from a continental hot spring

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 541-547

  Slobodkin, Alexander ^a   Reysenbach, Anna Louise ^b   Strutz, Nathalie ^c   Dreier, Michael ^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

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

THERMOTERRABACTERIUM FERRIREDUCENS;

EID: 0030999171     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-47-2-541     Document Type: Article

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