Vacuolated Beggiatoa-like filaments from different hypersaline environments form a novel genus

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3194-3205

  Hinck, Susanne ^a   Mußmann, Marc ^a   Salman, Verena ^a   Neu, Thomas R ^b   Lenk, Sabine ^a   de Beer, Dirk ^a   Jonkers, Henk M ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEGGIATOA; THIOPLOCA;

EID: 82555174401     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02513.x     Document Type: Article

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