Physiological Ecology of Clostridium glycolicum RD-1, an Aerotolerant Acetogen Isolated from Sea Grass Roots

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 4734-4741

  Küsel, Kirsten ^a   Karnholz, Arno ^a   Trinkwalter, Tanja ^a   Devereux, Richard ^b   Acker, Georg ^a   Drake, Harold L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HYDROGEN; OXYGEN; SEA WATER;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; POACEAE; RNA GENE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACETATES; ANAEROBIOSIS; CLOSTRIDIUM; CULTURE MEDIA; GENES, RRNA; HYDROGEN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXYGEN; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOTS; POACEAE; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0348050701     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.10.4734-4741.2001     Document Type: Article

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