Ferroplasma and relatives, recently discovered cell wall-lacking archaea making a living in extremely acid, heavy metal-rich environments

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1277-1288

  Golyshina, Olga V ^a   Timmis, Kenneth N ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; HEAVY METAL; IRON;

CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; POLLUTANT; SHORT SURVEY; THERMOPLASMALES; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACIDS; CELL WALL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; IRON; METALS, HEAVY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; THERMOPLASMALES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ARCHAEA; FERROPLASMA; FERROPLASMA ACIDIPHILUM; FERROPLASMACEAE; THIOBACILLUS;

EID: 23944456864     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2005.00861.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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