Leptospirillum gen. nov. (ex Markosyan 1972), nom. rev., including Leptospirillum ferrooxidans sp. nov. (ex Markosyan 1972), nom. rev. and Leptospirillum thermoferrooxidans sp. nov. (Golovacheva et al. 1992)

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 501-503

  Hippe, Hans ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Iron(II) oxidation; Leptospirillum ferrooxidans; Leptospirillum thermoferrooxidans; Revived name

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPIRILLUM; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEPTOSPIRILLUM; LEPTOSPIRILLUM FERROOXIDANS; LEPTOSPIRILLUM THERMOFERROOXIDANS; SPIRILLUM;

EID: 0034026744     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-50-2-501     Document Type: Article

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