Alkaline anaerobic respiration: Isolation and characterization of a novel alkaliphilic and metal-reducing bacterium

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 5595-5602

  Ye, Qi ^a,e   Roh, Yul ^b   Carroll, Susan L ^b   Blair, Benjamin ^c   Zhou, Jizhong ^b   Zhang, Chuanlun L ^a,f   Fields, Matthew W ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c JACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BACTERIA; BIOREMEDIATION; CELLS; ELECTRONS; GENES; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; LEACHATE TREATMENT; PH EFFECTS; RNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; YEAST;

BORAX COMPANY (CO); GENE SEQUENCES; LEACHATE PONDS; NUCLEOTIDES;

IRON REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

BORATE SODIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT DERIVATIVE; EDETIC ACID; FERRIC CITRATE; FERRIC ION; METAL; NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN QYMF; RIBOSOME RNA; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ALKALINIZATION; ALKALIPHILUS CROTONATOXIDANS; ALKALIPHILUS TRANSVAALENSIS; ALKILIPHILUS; ALKILIPHILUS METALLIREDIGENS; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOREMEDIATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH STIMULATION; IRON KINETICS; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LEACHING; METAL REDUCING BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH MEASUREMENT; PHOSPHOLIPID METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; POND; PRECIPITATION; REDUCTION KINETICS; RNA GENE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON; KINETICS; METALS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYLOGENY;

ALKALIPHILUS; ALKALIPHILUS CROTONATOXIDANS; ALKALIPHILUS TRANSVAALENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 4644362851     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.9.5595-5602.2004     Document Type: Article

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