Desulfitobacterium metallireducens sp. nov., an anaerobic bacterium that couples growth to the reduction of metals and humic acids as well as chlorinated compounds

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1929-1935

  Finneran, Kevin T ^a   Forbush, Heather M ^b   Gaw VanPraagh, Catherine V ^a   Lovley, Derek R ^b  

^a GEOSYNTEC CONSULTANTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Desulfitobacterium; FE(III) reduction; Grampositive bacteria; Humic compounds; Reductive dechlorination

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; BACTERIAL DNA; BUTANOL; BUTYRIC ACID; CARBON DIOXIDE; CITRIC ACID; DNA 16S; FORMIC ACID; FUMARIC ACID; HUMIC ACID; IRON; LACTIC ACID; MALIC ACID; NITRATE; OXIDE; PYRUVIC ACID; RIBOSOME DNA; SULFATE; SULFITE; SULFUR; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; URANIUM;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHLORINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESULFITOBACTERIUM METALLIREDUCENS; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PH; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TEMPERATURE; TYPE STRAIN;

ANAEROBIOSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; METALS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PEPTOCOCCACEAE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFITOBACTERIUM; DESULFITOBACTERIUM CHLORORESPIRANS; DESULFITOBACTERIUM DEHALOGENANS; DESULFITOBACTERIUM FRAPPIERI; DESULFITOBACTERIUM METALLIREDUCENS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0036866545     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02121-0     Document Type: Article

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