Rhodoferax ferrireducens sp. nov., a psychrotolerant, facultatively anaerobic bacterium that oxidizes acetate with the reduction of Fe(III)

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 669-673

  Finneran, Kevin T ^a,b   Johnsen, Claudia V ^a   Lovley, Derek R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b GEOSYNTEC CONSULTANTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BENZOIC ACID; FERRIC FERROCYANIDE; FRUCTOSE; FUMARIC ACID; LACTIC ACID; MALIC ACID; MANGANESE; NITRATE; NITRILOTRIACETIC ACID; OXIDE; OXYGEN; PROPIONIC ACID; PYRUVIC ACID; SUCCINIC ACID;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FERMENTATION; GENUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PH; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOFERAX FERRIREDUCENS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; UNITED STATES;

ACETATES; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; COLD; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FRESH WATER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; OSTREIDAE; PHOTOBACTERIA; RHODOFERAX; RHODOFERAX FERRIREDUCENS;

EID: 0037640886     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02298-0     Document Type: Article

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