Thermohalobacter berrensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, strictly halophilic bacterium from a solar saltern

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 559-564

  Cayol, Jean Luc ^a   Ducerf, Sophie ^a   Patel, Bharat K C ^b   Garcia, Jean Louis ^a   Thomas, Pierre ^c   Ollivier, Bernard ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Halophily; Solar saltern; Taxonomy; Thermohalobacter berrensis; Thermophily

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; CARBON DIOXIDE; GLUCOSE DERIVATIVE; HYDROGEN; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHEMOTAXONOMY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENE SEQUENCE; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THERMOHALOBACTER BERRENSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIALES; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; THERMOHALOBACTER BERRENSIS;

EID: 0034105986     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-50-2-559     Document Type: Article

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