Diversity of substrate utilization and growth characteristics of sulfate-reducing bacteria isolated from estuarine sediment in Japan

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 119-132

  Suzuki, Daisuke ^a   Ueki, Atsuko ^a   Amaishi, Aya ^a,b   Ueki, Katsuji ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TAISEI CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Deltaproteobacteria; Desulfobulbus; Desulfofrigus; Desulfomicrobium; Desulfopila; Desulfovibrio; Estuarine sediment; Sulfate reducing bacteria

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMINO ACID; FATTY ACID; LACTIC ACID; ORGANIC MATTER; PROPIONIC ACID; RNA 16S; CARBON; FRESH WATER; LACTIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CARBON CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESULFOBACTERACEAE; DESULFOBULBUS; DESULFOMICROBIUM; DESULFOVIBRIO; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; ESTUARY; GROWTH RATE; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEDIMENT; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; SULFUR CYCLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GRAM NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; DESULFOBACTERIUM; DESULFOBULBUS; DESULFOBULBUS MEDITERRANEUS; DESULFOFRIGUS; DESULFOMICROBIUM; DESULFOVIBRIO; DESULFOVIBRIO ACRYLICUS;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CARBON; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; JAPAN; LACTATES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROPIONATES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SULFUR; SULFUR-REDUCING BACTERIA;

EID: 36049047706     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: 13498037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.53.119     Document Type: Article

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