Sulfidogenesis from 2-aminoethanesulfonate (taurine) fermentation by a morphologically unusual sulfate-reducing bacterium, Desulforhopalus singaporensis sp. nov.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 3328-3334

  Lie, Thomas J ^a,b   Clawson, Michael L ^a   Godchaux, Walter ^a   Leadbetter, Edward R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; CYSTEIC ACID; ISETHIONIC ACID; MALIC ACID; RNA 16S; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TAURINE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; FERMENTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM;

DESULFORHOPALUS SINGAPORENSIS;

EID: 0032793533     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.8.3328-3334.1999     Document Type: Article

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