Halothiobacillus kellyi sp. nov., a mesophilic, obligately chemolithoautotrophic, sulfur-oxidizing bacterium isolated from a shallow- water hydrothermal vent in the Aegean Sea, and emended description of the genus Halothiobacillus

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1229-1237

  Sievert, Stefan M ^a   Heidorn, Thorsten ^a   Kuever, Jan ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Halothiobacillus; Hydrothermal vent; Sulfur oxidizing bacteria; Thiobacillus

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; SULFIDE; SULFUR; TETRATHIONIC ACID; THIOSULFATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GROWTH RATE; HALOTHIOBACILLUS KELLYI; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; THIOBACILLUS; WATER ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOTHIOBACILLUS; HALOTHIOBACILLUS HALOPHILUS; HALOTHIOBACILLUS HYDROTHERMALIS; HALOTHIOBACILLUS KELLYI; HALOTHIOBACILLUS NEAPOLITANUS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; THIOBACILLUS; THIOBACILLUS HALOPHILUS; THIOBACILLUS HYDROTHERMALIS; THIOBACILLUS NEAPOLITANUS; THIOBACILLUS SP.;

EID: 0034069967     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-50-3-1229     Document Type: Article

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