Stenoxybacter acetivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., an acetate-oxidizing obligate microaerophile among diverse O2-consuming bacteria from termite guts

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 6819-6828

  Wertz, John T ^a,b   Breznak, John A ^a  

^a Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

^b CALVIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FERMENTATION; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

ANOXIA; MICROAEROPHILES; STENOXYBACTER ACETIVORANS;

BACTERIA;

ACETIC ACID; CARBON; CATALASE; DNA; OXYGEN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ACETATE; AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; CATALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; TERMITE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CELL HYPOXIA; EIKENELLA CORRODENS; FERMENTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INSECT; INTESTINE FLORA; ISOPTERA; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROKARYOTE; RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STENOXYBACTER ACETIVORANS;

ACETATES; ANIMALS; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ISOPTERA; OXYGEN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EIKENELLA CORRODENS; HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA; RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES;

EID: 35949001314     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00786-07     Document Type: Article

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