Sphaerochaeta globosa gen. nov., sp. nov. and sphaerochaeta pleomorpha sp. nov., free-living, spherical spirochaetes

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 210-216

  Ritalahti, Kirsti M ^a,b   Justicia Leon, Shandra D ^c,d   Cusick, Kathleen D ^a   Ramos Hernandez, Natalia ^c,d   Rubin, Michael ^c,d   Dornbush, Jessica ^c,d   Löffler, Frank E ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^e University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; AMPICILLIN; CARBON DIOXIDE; DISACCHARIDE; FATTY ACID; FORMIC ACID; FRESH WATER; HEXOSE; MONOSACCHARIDE; NITRATE; PENTOSE; RNA 16S; SULFATE; THIOSULFATE;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FERMENTATION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; MELTING POINT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PHYLOGENY; PHYLUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPHAEROCHAETA GLOBOSA; SPHAEROCHAETA PLEOMORPHA; SPIROCHAETA PLICATILIS; SPIROCHAETA STENOSTREPTA; SPIROCHETE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; YEAST;

AEROBIOSIS; BASE COMPOSITION; CARBON; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FATTY ACIDS; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPIROCHAETALES; TEMPERATURE;

SPIROCHAETES;

EID: 84855727011     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.023986-0     Document Type: Article

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