Tepidimonas ignava gen. nov., sp. nov., a new chemolithoheterotrophic and slightly thermophilic member of the β-Proteobacteria

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 735-742

  Moreira, Claudia ^a   Rainey, Fred A ^b   Nobre, M Fernanda ^a   Da Silva, Manuel T ^c   Da Costa, Milton S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Tepidimonas ignava; Thermophile; Proteobacteria

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; SULFATE; TETRATHIONIC ACID; THIOSULFATE; UBIQUINONE;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; LIPID COMPOSITION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; TEPIDIMONAS IGNAVA; THERMUS;

EID: 0034026756     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-50-2-735     Document Type: Article

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