Sporotalea propionica gen. nov. sp. nov., a hydrogen-oxidizing, oxygen-reducing, propionigenic firmicute from the intestinal tract of a soil-feeding termite

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-27

  Boga, Hamadi I ^a,d   Ji, Rong ^a,e   Ludwig, Wolfgang ^b   Brune, Andreas ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

^e NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acidaminococcaceae; Hydrogen oxidation; Lactate fermentation; Oxygen reduction; Propionate formation; Termite gut

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; CARBON DIOXIDE; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; HYDROGEN; LACTIC ACID; LACTOSE; METHYLMALONYL COENZYME A CARBOXYLTRANSFERASE; PROPIONIC ACID; PYRUVATE PHOSPHATE DIKINASE; RECOMBINANT RNA; WATER;

ACIDAMINOCOCCACEAE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BACTERIAL ENDOSPORE; CELL SUSPENSION; ELECTRON; FERMENTATION; FIRMICUTES; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; INTESTINE; ISOPTERA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIGENIUM; REDUCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOIL; SPOROTALEA PROPIONICA; THORACOTERMES MACROTHORAX;

ACIDAMINOCOCCACEAE; ANIMALS; HYDROGEN; INTESTINES; ISOPTERA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL;

ACETONEMA LONGUM; ACIDAMINOCOCCACEAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIALES; ISOPTERA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; THORACOTERMES MACROTHORAX;

EID: 33845886683     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-006-0168-7     Document Type: Article

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