Ferroplasma acidiphilum gen. nov., sp. nov., an acidophilic, autotrophic, ferrous-iron-oxidizing, cell-wall-lacking, mesophilic member of the Ferroplasmaceae fam. nov., comprising a distinct lineage of the Archaea

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 997-1006

  Golyshina, Olga V ^a,b   Pivovarova, Tatiana A ^b   Karavaiko, Grigory I ^b   Kondrat'eva, Tamara F ^b   Moore, Edward R B ^a   Abraham, Wolf Rainer ^a   Lünsdorf, Heinrich ^a   Timmis, Kenneth N ^a   Yakimov, Michail M ^a   Golyshin, Peter N ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

'Thermoplasmales'; Acidophilic; Archaea; Chemolithoautotrophic; Ferrous iron oxidizing

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DNA; FERROUS ION; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; PHOSPHOLIPID; RIFAMPICIN; RNA 16S; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ACIDIPHILIUM; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FERROPLASMA ACIDIPHILUM; FERROPLASMACEAE; PICROPHILUS OSHIMAE; THERMOPLASMA ACIDOPHILUM; THERMOPLASMATALES;

EID: 17144438252     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-50-3-997     Document Type: Article

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