Isolation and characterization of soil bacteria that define Terriglobus gen. nov., in the phylum Acidobacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2708-2717

  Eichorst, Stephanie A ^a   Breznak, John A ^a   Schmidt, Thomas M ^a  

^a Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; GENE ENCODING; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; SOILS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ACIDOBACTERIA; ACIDOBACTERIAL DIVERSITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; TERRIGLOBUS ROSEUS;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIAL DNA; CARBON; CAROTENOID; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; NEW GENUS; PLANT COMMUNITY; RNA; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ACIDOBACTERIUM; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH RATE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUTRIENT; PH; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL MOISTURE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TERRIGLOBUS ROSEUS; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CARBON; CAROTENOIDS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FATTY ACIDS; GENES, RRNA; GRAM-NEGATIVE AEROBIC RODS AND COCCI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOVEMENT; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ACIDOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; VERRUCOMICROBIACEAE;

EID: 34247606048     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02140-06     Document Type: Article

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