Desulfobacter psychrotolerans sp. nov., a new psychrotolerant sulfate-reducing bacterium and descriptions of its physiological response to temperature changes

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 109-124

  Tarpgaard, Irene H ^a   Boetius, Antje ^b,c   Finster, Kai ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Marine sediment; Methane seep; Psychrotolerant; Sulfate reduction

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

BACTERIUM; MARINE SEDIMENT; METHANE; TEMPERATURE;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL MOTILITY; DESULFOBACTER; DESULFOBACTER HYDROGENOPHILUS; DESULFOBACTER PSYCHROTOLERANS; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GENE SEQUENCE; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE COMPOSITION; COLD CLIMATE; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; FATTY ACIDS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; KINETICS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; SULFATES; TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOBACTER; DESULFOBACTER HYDROGENOPHILUS;

EID: 33646053779     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-005-9014-1     Document Type: Article

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