Caloramator coolhaasii sp. nov., a glutamate-degrading, moderately thermophilic anaerobe

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1155-1162

  Plugge, Caroline M ^a   Zoetendal, Erwin G ^a,b   Stams, Alfons J M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TOP INSTITUTE FOOD AND NUTRITION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Caloramator coolhaasii sp. nov.; Glutamate degradation; Interspecies hydrogen transfer; Methanogenic archaea; Syntrophic consortia

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CALORAMATOR COOLHAASII; CALORAMATOR PROTEOCLASTICUS; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; METHANOBACTERIUM THERMOAUTOTROPHICUM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SLUDGE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TEMPERATURE; THERMOBRACHIUM CELERE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CALORAMATOR; CALORAMATOR COOLHAASII; CALORAMATOR INDICUS; CALORAMATOR PROTEOCLASTICUS; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOBACTERIUM THERMOAUTOTROPHICUM; METHANOTHERMOBACTER THERMAUTOTROPHICUS; POSIBACTERIA; THERMOBRACHIUM CELERE;

EID: 0034112274     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-50-3-1155     Document Type: Article

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