Syntrophomonas erecta subsp. sporosyntropha subsp. nov., a spore-forming bacterium that degrades short chain fatty acids in co-culture with methanogens

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 457-462

  Wu, Chenggang ^a,b   Liu, Xiaoli ^a   Dong, Xiuzhu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Sporulating Syntrophomonas strains; Syntrophic degradation of fatty acids; Syntrophomonas erecta subsp. sporosyntropha subsp. nov.

Indexed keywords

BENZOIC ACID; BUTYRIC ACID; CROTONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; FATTY ACID; FUMARIC ACID; NITRATE; RIBOSOME RNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFATE; SULFUR; THIOSULFATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL WALL; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; METHANOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTROPHOMONAS ERECTA; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SYNTROPHOMONAS ERECTA;

EID: 33747297474     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: 16180984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2006.01.003     Document Type: Article

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