Thiohalospira halophila gen. nov., sp. nov. and Thiohalospira alkaliphila sp. nov., novel obligately chemolithoautotrophic. halophilic, sulfur-oxidizing gammaproteobacteria from hypersaline habitats

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1685-1692

  Sorokin, Dimitry Yu ^a,b   Tourova, Tatjana P ^a   Muyzer, Gerard ^b   Kuenen, Gijs J ^b  

^a WINOGRADSKY INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFIDE; SULFUR; TETRATHIONIC ACID; THIOSULFATE; INORGANIC SALT; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; ASIA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHEMOLITHOAUTOTROPH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENOTYPE; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SALT LAKE; SEA; SULFUR OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; THIOHALOSPIRA ALKALIPHILA; THIOHALOSPIRA HALOPHILA; UKRAINE; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ECTOTHIORHODOSPIRACEAE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; HALOBACTERIA; HALOPHILA; HALOPHILIC ARCHAEON;

CHEMOAUTOTROPHIC GROWTH; ECOSYSTEM; ECTOTHIORHODOSPIRACEAE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SALTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SULFUR;

EID: 52449128969     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.65654-0     Document Type: Article

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