Geobacillus thermoleovorans subsp. stromboliensis subsp. nov. isolated from the geothermal volcanic environment

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 183-189

  Romano, Ida ^a   Poli, Annarita ^a   Lama, Licia ^a   Gambacorta, Agata ^a   Nicolaus, Barbara ^a  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Enzymes; Eolian Island; Fatty acid; Geobacillus thermoleovorans; Lipid; Thermophiles

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CYSTEINE; GLYCINE; HYDROCARBON; RNA 16S; SODIUM CHLORIDE; RIBOSOME DNA;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GEOBACILLUS THERMOLEOVORANS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; ITALY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; VOLCANO; BACILLACEAE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HEAT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHENOTYPE; RNA GENE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEOBACILLUS KAUSTOPHILUS; GEOBACILLUS THERMOLEOVORANS; POSIBACTERIA;

BACILLACEAE; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; HEAT; ITALY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EID: 25444443909     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: 13498037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.51.183     Document Type: Article

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