Methanol utilization by a novel thermophilic homoacetogenic bacterium, Moorella mulderi sp. nov., isolated from a bioreactor

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 179, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 315-320

  Balk, Melike ^a   Weijma, Jan ^a   Friedrich, Michael W ^b   Stams, Alfons J M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Methanol oxidation; Moorella mulderi sp. nov.; Sporulation; Syntrophy; Thermophile

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; DNA; METHANE; METHANOL; RNA 16S; THIOSULFATE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOREACTOR; CULTURE MEDIUM; HEAT TOLERANCE; METHANOGENESIS; MOORELLA MULDERI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MOORELLA; MOORELLA GLYCERINI; MOORELLA MULDERI; MOORELLA THERMOACETICA; MOORELLA THERMOAUTOTROPHICA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037953013     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-003-0523-x     Document Type: Article

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