Isolation and characterization of aggregate-forming sulfate-reducing and purple sulfur bacteria from the chemocline of meromictic Lake Cadagno, Switzerland

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-37

  Peduzzi, Sandro ^a,b   Tonolla, Mauro ^b   Hahn, Dittmar ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Istituto Cantonale di Microbiologia   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Desulfocapsa thiozymogenes; Lamprocystis; Okenone; Sulfide scavenger; Sulfur disproportionation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL A; CAROTENOID; INORGANIC COMPOUND; LACTIC ACID; OKENONE; PYRUVIC ACID; RNA 16S; SCAVENGER; SULFATE; SULFITE; SULFUR; THIOSULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

GENETIC ANALYSIS; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL POPULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESULFOCAPSA THIOZYMOGENES; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LAKE; LAMPROCYSTIS PURPUREA; MIXED CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; SOURCE SINK RELATIONSHIP; SPECIES COMPARISON; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; SULFUR BACTERIUM; SWITZERLAND;

LAKE CADAGNO; SWITZERLAND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHROMATIACEAE; DESULFOCAPSA; DESULFOCAPSA THIOZYMOGENES; LAMPROCYSTIS; LAMPROCYSTIS PURPUREA;

EID: 0038542838     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(03)00107-7     Document Type: Article

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