Autotrophic, sulfur-oxidizing actinobacteria in acidic environments

Extremophiles

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 155-163

  Norris, Paul R ^a   Davis Belmar, Carol S ^a,b   Brown, Carly F ^a,c   Calvo Bado, Leonides A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acidophiles; Actinobacteria; Autotrophy; Sulfur oxidation

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL DNA; BACTERIAL DNA; DNA; IRON; OXYGEN; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; RNA 16S; SULFUR;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PH; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON; OXYGEN; PHYLOGENY; RIBULOSE-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SULFUR;

ACIDIMICROBIUM FERROOXIDANS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ACIDOPHILES; ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 79952249612     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-011-0358-3     Document Type: Article

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