Desulfonispora thiosulfatigenes gen. nov., sp. nov., a taurine- fermenting, thiosulfate-producing anaerobic bacterium

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1599-1603

  Denger, Karin ^a   Stackebrandt, Erko ^b   Cook, Alasdair M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaerobic desulfonation; Desulfonispora thiosulfatigenes; Sulfonate; Taurine; Thiosulfate

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; AMMONIA; CYSTEIC ACID; ISETHIONIC ACID; SULFATE; SULFIDE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TAURINE; THIOSULFATE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; DESULFONISPORA THIOSULFATIGENES; DNA SEQUENCE; FERMENTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM;

DESULFONISPORA THIOSULFATIGENES;

EID: 0032707279     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-49-4-1599     Document Type: Article

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