Isolation and characterization of Bacillus thioparus sp. nov., chemolithoautotrophic, thiosulfate-oxidizing bacterium

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 271, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 289-296

  Pérez Ibarra, B Mónica ^a,b   Flores, María Elena ^c   García Varela, Martín ^c  

^a Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana ^*  (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bacillus; Chemolithoautotrophic; Thiosulfate oxidizing bacteria

Indexed keywords

DIAMINOPIMELIC ACID; FATTY ACID; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; RNA 16S; THIOSULFATE;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS JEOTGALI; BACILLUS THIOPARUS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL ENDOSPORE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHEMOLITHOAUTOTROPH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONTENT; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALT TOLERANCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACILLUS; DNA, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SULFATES; THIOSULFATES;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS JEOTGALI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34249037370     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00729.x     Document Type: Article

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