Missing lithotroph identified as new planctomycete

Nature

Volumn 400, Issue 6743, 1999, Pages 446-449

  Strous, Marc ^a,d   Fuerst, John A ^b   Kramer, Evelien H M ^a,d   Logemann, Susanne ^a,d   Muyzer, Gerard ^c   Van De Pas Schoonen, Katinka T ^a,d   Webb, Richard ^b   Kuenen, J Gijs ^a,d   Jetten, Mike S M ^a,d  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PLANCTOMYCETALES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIOFILMS; DNA, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 0033614964     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/22749     Document Type: Article

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