Isolation and characterization of alkaliphilic, chemolithoautotrophic, sulphur-oxidizing bacteria

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 251-262

  Sorokin, D Yu ^a   Robertson, L A ^b   Kuenen, J G ^b  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alkaliphile; Autotroph; Soda lake; Sulphide; Sulphur

Indexed keywords

ALKALI; CYTOCHROME; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; SULFATE; SULFIDE; SULFITE; SULFUR; TETRATHIONIC ACID; THIOSULFATE;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SULFUR BACTERIUM;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; BASE COMPOSITION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CYTOCHROMES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROLYSIS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PERIPLASM; RIBULOSE-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; SODIUM; SULFATES; SULFIDES; SULFUR; SULFUR ACIDS; TETRATHIONIC ACID; THIOSULFATES;

EID: 0034020703     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1002445704444     Document Type: Article

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