The first true obligately syntrophic propionate-oxidizing bacterium, Pelotomaculum schinkii sp. nov., co-cultured with Methanospirillum hungatei, and emended description of the genus Pelotomaculum

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1697-1703

  de Bok, Frank A M ^a   Harmsen, Hermie J M ^b   Plugge, Caroline M ^a   de Vries, Maaike C ^a   Akkermans, Antoon D L ^a   de Vos, Willem M ^a   Stams, Alfons J M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BENZOIC ACID; PHENOL; PROPIONIC ACID; RNA 16S; SULFATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DESULFOTOMACULUM; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOBREVIBACTER; METHANOSPIRILLUM HUNGATEI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PELOTOMACULUM SCHINKII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; UPFLOW REACTOR; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOREACTORS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METHANOSPIRILLUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PEPTOCOCCACEAE; PHENOTYPE; PROPIONATES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; DESULFOTOMACULUM; METHANOBACTERIUM FORMICICUM; METHANOBREVIBACTER ARBORIPHILUS; METHANOSPIRILLUM HUNGATEI; PELOTOMACULUM; PELOTOMACULUM THERMOPROPIONICUM; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 22544488430     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02880-0     Document Type: Article

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