Confirmation of Thiobacillus denitrificans as a species of the genus Thiobacillus, in the β-subclass of the Proteobacteria, with strain NCIMB 9548 as the type strain

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 547-550

  Kelly, Donovan P ^a   Wood, Ann P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Pharmacy   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

16S rDNA phylogeny; Thiobacillus denitrificans; Thiobacillus taxonomy; Type strain NCIMB 9548(T); Proteobacteria

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; SULFUR;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DENITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THIOBACILLUS; THIOBACILLUS DENITRICANS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; THIOBACILLUS; THIOBACILLUS DENITRIFICANS; THIOBACILLUS THIOPARUS;

EID: 0034108430     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-50-2-547     Document Type: Article

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