Physiology, phylogenetic relationships, and ecology of filamentous sulfate-reducing bacteria (genus Desulfonema)

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 172, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 193-203

  Fukui, Manabu ^a,d   Teske, Andreas ^b,e   Aßmus, Bernhard ^c,g   Muyzer, Gerard ^b,f   Widdel, Friedrich ^b  

^a NATL INST FOR RSRC AND ENVIRON   (Japan)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^f ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^g FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Desulfonema; Gliding bacteria; Isolation; Microbial mats; Oligonucleotide probing; Sediments; Sulfate reducing bacteria

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ECOLOGY; GENE TARGETING; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; TARGET CELL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BEGGIATOA; CYANOBACTERIA; DESULFOCOCCUS MULTIVORANS; DESULFONEMA; DESULFONEMA LIMICOLA; DESULFONEMA MAGNUM; LIMICOLA; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA; THIOPLOCA;

EID: 0032888741     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050760     Document Type: Article

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