Magnetospirillum bellicus sp. nov., a novel dissimilatory perchlorate-reducing alphaproteobacterium isolated from a bioelectrical reactor

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 4730-4737

  Cameron Thrash, J ^a   Ahmadi, Sarir ^a   Torok, Tamas ^b   Coates, John D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CARBON SOURCE; DNA-DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; ELECTRON DONORS; END-PRODUCTS; HETEROTROPHIC CONDITIONS; HETEROTROPHIC GROWTH; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM GRYPHISWALDENSE; NITROUS OXIDE; RUBISCO;

DNA; ETHANOL; GENES; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXYGEN; RNA;

ELECTRONS;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PERCHLORATE; PERCHLORIC ACID; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIUM; HETEROTROPHY; HYBRIDIZATION; INOCULATION; NEW SPECIES; NITRATE; OXYGEN; PERCHLORATE; PHYLOGENETICS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOENERGY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRODE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LOCOMOTION; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED STATES; CALIFORNIA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; CALIFORNIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ELECTRODES; LOCOMOTION; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PERCHLORIC ACID; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; PERCHLORATES;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM GRYPHISWALDENSE; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM MAGNETOTACTICUM;

EID: 77954730571     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00015-10     Document Type: Article

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