Syntrophus aciditrophicus sp. nov., a new anaerobic bacterium that degrades fatty acids and benzoate in syntrophic association with hydrogen- using microorganisms

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 107-114

  Jackson, Bradley E ^a   Bhupathiraju, Vishvesh K ^a,c   Tanner, Ralph S ^a   Woese, Carl R ^a,b   McInerney, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c Univ of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatic biodegradation; Benzoate; Methanogenesis; Syntrophic metabolism; Syntrophus; Volatile fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BENZOIC ACID; BUTYRIC ACID; DNA BASE; FATTY ACID; HEXANOIC ACID; METHANE; RNA 16S; SATURATED FATTY ACID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIODEGRADATION; GENE SEGREGATION; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOSPIRILLUM HUNGATEI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHROPHUS ACIDITROPHICUS;

NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

BASE COMPOSITION; BENZOATES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; FATTY ACIDS; GENES, RRNA; GRAM-NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; HYDROGEN; METHANOSPIRILLUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033067186     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050685     Document Type: Article

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