Desulfacinum hydrothermale sp. nov., a thermophilic, sulfate-reducing bacterium from geothermally heated sediments near Milos Island (Greece)

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1239-1246

  Sievert, Stefan M ^a   Kuever, Jan ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deep subsurface biosphere; Desulfacinum; Hydrothermal vent; Thermophilic sulfate reducing bacterium

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; FUMARIC ACID; MALIC ACID; PYRUVIC ACID; SULFATE; THIOSULFATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOSPHERE; DESULFACINUM HYDROTHERMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GREECE; GROWTH RATE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFACINUM; DESULFACINUM HYDROTHERMALE; DESULFACINUM INFERNUM; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0034112276     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-50-3-1239     Document Type: Article

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