Silicibacter lacuscaerulensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic moderately halophilic bacterium characteristic of the Blue Lagoon geothermal lake in Iceland

Extremophiles

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 94-99

  Pehirsdottir, Solveig K ^a   Kristjansson, Jakob K ^a,b  

^a Technological Institute of Iceland   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Erythrobacter longus; Geothermal lagoon; Moderate halophile; Paracoccus kocurii; Roseobacter litoralis; Silica precipitation; Silicibacter lacuscaerulensis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERYTHROBACTER LONGUS; NEGIBACTERIA; PARACOCCUS KOCURII; PROTEOBACTERIA; ROSEOBACTER; ROSEOBACTER LITORALIS; SILICIBACTER; SILICIBACTER LACUSCAERULENSIS;

BACTERIAL DNA; FRESH WATER; RNA 16S;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; GENETICS; ICELAND; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE;

BACTERIA, AEROBIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; FRESH WATER; ICELAND; PHENOTYPE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0031129431     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007920050020     Document Type: Article

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