Anaerobic alkalithermophiles, a novel group of extremophiles

Extremophiles

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 257-267

  Wiegel, Juergen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkaliphil; Anaerob; Anaerobranca horikoshii; Biodiversity; Caloramator; Clostridium paradoxurn; Clostridium thermoalkaliphilum; Internal pH; Isolation; PH stasis; Phylogeny; Thermobrachium celere; Thermophil; Thermosyntropha lipolytica

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CLOSTRIDIUM; GROWTH RATE; THERMOBRACHIUM CELERE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIOPOLYMERS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENVIRONMENT; EURYARCHAEOTA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, ARCHAEAL; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TEMPERATURE;

ANAEROBRANCA HORIKOSHII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CALORAMATOR; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOALCALIPHILUM; THERMOBRACHIUM CELERE; THERMOSYNTROPHA LIPOLYTICA;

EID: 0032143255     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007920050068     Document Type: Review

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