Ecophysiology of "halarsenatibacter silvermanii" strain SLAS-1 T, gen. nov., sp. nov., a facultative chemoautotrophic arsenate respirer from salt-saturated Searles Lake, California

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1950-1960

  Blum, Jodi Switzer ^a   Han, Sukkyun ^b   Lanoil, Brian ^c   Saltikov, Chad ^d   Witte, Brian ^e   Tabita, F Robert ^e   Langley, Sean ^f   Beveridge, Terry J ^g   Jahnke, Linda ^h   Oremland, Ronald S ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^h NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEON; CALIFORNIA; CELL ENVELOPES; ECO PHYSIOLOGIES; ENRICHMENT CULTURES; EXTREMOPHILE; GENE CLUSTERS; HIGH CONCENTRATIONS; OXYANIONS; SUBSTRATE AFFINITIES; SULFATE REDUCERS;

ARSENIC; CELL CULTURE;

LAKES;

ANION; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ARSENIC ACID; CARBOXYLIC ACID; OXYGEN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANION; BACTERIUM; BRINE; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EXTREMOPHILE; LIPID; MOTILITY; PHYLOGENETICS; SALT; SUBSTRATE; SULFATE;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BREATHING; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL STRUCTURE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTRON; GENE CLUSTER; HALARSENATIBACTER SILVERMANII; HALOPHILE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ARSENATES; CALIFORNIA; CELL MEMBRANE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; LIPIDS; LOCOMOTION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ARCHAEA; HALORHABDUS UTAHENSIS;

EID: 63849105548     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02614-08     Document Type: Article

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