Growth kinetics of haloalkaliphilic, sulfur-oxidizing bacterium Thioalkalivibrio versutus strain ALJ 15 in continuous culture

Extremophiles

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 185-192

  Banciu, Horia ^a   Sorokin, Dimitry Y ^b   Kleerebezem, Robbert ^a   Muyzer, Gerard ^a   Galinski, Erwin A ^c   Kuenen, J Gijs ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Continuous cultivation; Gibbs free energy dissipation; Haloalkaliphilic; Polysulfide oxidation; Salt adaptation; Thioalkalivibrio

Indexed keywords

THIALKALIVIBRIO; THIALKALIVIBRIO VERSUTUS;

FRESH WATER; POLYSULFIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFIDE; SULFUR; THIOSULFATE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ECTOTHIORHODOSPIRACEAE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KENYA; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PH;

BIOMASS; CULTURE MEDIA; ECTOTHIORHODOSPIRACEAE; FRESH WATER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KENYA; KINETICS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFIDES; SULFUR; THIOSULFATES;

EID: 4644309335     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-004-0376-5     Document Type: Article

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