Thiocystis chemoclinalis sp. nov. and thiocystis cadagnonensis sp. nov., motile purple sulfur bacteria isolated from the chemocline of a meromictic lake

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1682-1687

  Peduzzi, Sandro ^a,b   Welsh, Allana ^c   Demarta, Antonella ^a   Decristophoris, Paola ^a   Peduzzi, Raffaele ^b   Hahn, Dittmar ^c   Tonolla, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b Alpine Biology Center Foundation   (Switzerland)

^c Texas State University San Marcos   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S; PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; CARBON SOURCE; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENOTYPE; LAKE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SULFUR BACTERIUM; SWITZERLAND; THIOCYSTIS CADAGNONENSIS; THIOCYSTIS CHEMOCLINALIS; THIOCYSTIS GELATINOSA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIACEAE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHROMATIACEAE; THIOCYSTIS; THIOCYSTIS GELATINOSA;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE COMPOSITION; CHROMATIACEAE; DNA, BACTERIAL; LAKES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SWITZERLAND; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 79960200581     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.010397-0     Document Type: Article

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