A novel Acidimicrobium species in continuous cultures of moderately thermophilic, mineral-sulfide-oxidizing acidophiles

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 4294-4299

  Cleaver, Adam A ^a,b   Burton, Nicolas P ^a,c   Norris, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b R and D IS Systems   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDOPHILES; CULTURE AERATION; IRON OXIDIZER;

CARBON DIOXIDE; IRON; OXIDATION;

MICROBIOLOGY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; FERROUS ION; IRON; MINERAL; NICKEL; SULFIDE;

ACIDOPHILY; BACTERIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; IRON OXIDE; MINERAL; NICKEL; OXIDATION; SULFUR; THERMOPHILY;

ACIDIMICROBIUM; ACIDIMICROBIUM FERROOXIDANS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS CALDUS; ACIDOPHILE; AERATION; AIR; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTINUOUS CULTURE; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; SULFOBACILLUS; SULFOBACILLUS THERMOSULFIDOOXIDANS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOREACTORS; DNA PROBES; DNA, BACTERIAL; HEAT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MINERALS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SULFIDES;

ACIDIMICROBIUM; ACIDIMICROBIUM FERROOXIDANS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS CALDUS; ACIDOPHILES; SULFOBACILLUS; SULFOBACILLUS THERMOSULFIDOOXIDANS;

EID: 34447543124     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02658-06     Document Type: Article

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