Isolation, characterization, and ecology of sulfur-respiring Crenarchaea inhabiting acid-sulfate-chloride-containing geothermal springs in Yellowstone National Park

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 6669-6677

  Boyd, Eric S ^a   Jackson, Robert A ^a   Encarnacion, Gem ^a   Zahn, James A ^b,e   Beard, Trevor ^a   Leavitt, William D ^a,c   Pi, Yundan ^d   Zhang, Chuanlun L ^d   Pearson, Ann ^c   Geesey, Gill G ^c  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dow Agro Sciences   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SAVANNAH RIVER NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e Research Microbiologist   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; ECOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; PEPTIDES; PH; RNA;

CHEMOORGANOTROPHS; ELEMENTAL SULFUR; GLYCEROL DIALKYL GLYCEROL TETRAETHERS (GDGT); PHYSIOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION;

GEOTHERMAL SPRINGS;

CHLORIDE; ETHER DERIVATIVE; GLYCEROL; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER; RNA 16S; SULFATE; SULFUR;

BACTERIUM; CARBON; CHLORIDE; ECOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SULFUR;

ACIDILOBUS SULFURIREDUCENS; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CALDISPHAERA DRACONIS; CHEMOORGANOTROPH; CRENARCHAEOTA; ECOLOGY; ENERGY RESOURCE; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; NATIONAL PARK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SULFUR BACTERIUM;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHLORIDES; DESULFUROCOCCALES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; GENOTYPE; HOT SPRINGS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SULFATES; SULFUR; WYOMING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

ACIDILOBUS; CALDISPHAERA; CRENARCHAEOTA;

EID: 35448932094     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01321-07     Document Type: Article

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