Ottowia thiooxydans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel facultatively anaerobic, N2O-producing bacterium isolated from activated sludge, and transfer of Aquaspirillum gracile to Hylemonella gracilis gen. nov., comb. nov

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 99-106

  Spring, Stefan ^a   Jäckel, Udo ^b   Wagner, Michael ^c   Kämpfer, Peter ^b  

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

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CATALASE; CYTOSINE; FATTY ACID; FERRIC ION; GUANINE; HYDROGEN; HYDROXY FATTY ACID; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; RNA 16S; SULFATE; THIOSULFATE; UBIQUINONE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC FERMENTATION; AQUASPIRILLUM GRACILE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLASSIFICATION; COMAMONAS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; HYLEMONELLA GRACILIS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OTTOWIA THIOOXYDANS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BURKHOLDERIACEAE; CELL DIVISION; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN OXIDES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEWAGE; THIOSULFATES;

AQUASPIRILLUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COMAMONADACEAE; COMAMONAS; HYLEMONELLA GRACILIS; NEGIBACTERIA; OTTOWIA THIOOXYDANS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0842280549     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02727-0     Document Type: Article

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