Bacillus aeolius sp. nov. a novel thermophilic, halophilic marine Bacillus species from Eolian Islands (Italy)

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 172-176

  Gugliandolo, Concetta ^c   Maugeri, Teresa L ^b   Caccamo, Daniela ^c   Stackebrandt, Erko ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

^b Sez Ecologia Microbica e Biotecnologie   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Adherence; Bacillus aeolius sp. nov.; Exopolysaccharide production; Hydrocarbon utilisation; Surfactant activity; Thermophilic bacteria

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS AEOLIUS; BACILLUS FUMARIOLI; BACILLUS INFERNUS; BACILLUS OLERONIUS; BACILLUS SMITHII; BACILLUS SPOROTHERMODURANS; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CARBON DYNAMICS; CHEMOTAXONOMY; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; ITALY; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SURFACE TENSION; THERMAL SPRING; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS AEOLIUS; BACILLUS FUMARIOLI; BACILLUS INFERNUS; BACILLUS OLERONIUS; BACILLUS SMITHII; BACILLUS SPOROTHERMODURANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0038343068     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/072320203322346001     Document Type: Article

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