Methanobacterium subterraneum sp. nov., a new alkaliphilic, eurythermic and halotolerant methanogen isolated from deep granitic groundwater

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 357-367

  Kotelnikova, Svetlana ^a,b   Macario, Alberto J L ^c,d   Pedersen, Karsten ^b  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkaliphile; Eurythermy; Halotolerance; Methanobacterium subterraneum sp. nov.; Methanogen

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACITRACIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DNA; GROUND WATER; GROWTH FACTOR; METHANE; METICILLIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NEOMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; RIBOSOME RNA; STREPTOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOBACTERIUM SUBTERRANEUM; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031776057     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-48-2-357     Document Type: Article

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