Novel thermo-acidophilic bacteria isolated from geothermal sites in Yellowstone National Park: Physiological and phylogenetic characteristics

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 60-68

  Johnson, D Barrie ^a   Okibe, Naoko ^a   Roberto, Francisco F ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidophiles; Biodiversity; Iron oxidation; Iron reduction; Moderate thermophiles; Yellowstone National Park

Indexed keywords

FERRIC ION; FERROUS ION; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; RIBOSOME RNA; TETRATHIONIC ACID;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; METHYLOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PH; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SULFUR BACTERIUM; TEMPERATURE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ACIDIMICROBIUM FERROOXIDANS; ACIDISPHAERA; ACIDOPHILES; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; FIRMICUTES; METHYLOBACTERIUM; POSIBACTERIA; SULFOBACILLUS;

EID: 0038443200     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-003-0562-3     Document Type: Article

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