Genome-directed isolation of the key nitrogen fixer Leptospirillum ferrodiazotrophum sp. nov. from an acidophilic microbial community

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 6319-6324

  Tyson, Gene W ^a   Lo, Ian ^a   Baker, Brett J ^b   Allen, Eric E ^a   Hugenholtz, Philip ^a,c   Banfield, Julian F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CELL CULTURE; CELLS; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; ORGANIC ACIDS; RNA;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE (AMD); CELL DENSITY; NITROSPIRAE PHYLUM;

GENES;

FERROUS ION; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; RIBOSOME RNA;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDOPHILY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NEW SPECIES; NITROGEN FIXATION;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; CELL DENSITY; DNA LIBRARY; ENERGY RESOURCE; GENOMIC FRAGMENT; LEPTOSPIRILLUM FERRODIAZOTROPHUM; MICROFLORA; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROSPIRAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; OXIDATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ECOSYSTEM; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON; MINING; NITROGEN FIXATION; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

LEPTOSPIRILLUM; NITROSPIRAE;

EID: 26844447711     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.10.6319-6324.2005     Document Type: Article

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