Cultivation of uncultured Chloroflexi subphyla: Significance and ecophysiology of formerly uncultured Chloroflexi 'subphylum i' with natural and biotechnological relevance

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 205-216

  Yamada, Takeshi ^a   Sekiguchi, Yuji ^b  

^a TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anaerolineae; Caldilineae; Chloroflexi; Uncultured microorganism

Indexed keywords

ANAEROLINEA; ANAEROLINEAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CALDILINEA; CHLOROFLEXI; CHLOROFLEXI (CLASS);

EID: 70349904401     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13426311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.ME09151S     Document Type: Review

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