Desulfohalophilus alkaliarsenatis gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic sulfate- and arsenate-respiring bacterium from Searles Lake, California

Extremophiles

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 727-742

  Blum, Jodi Switzer ^a   Kulp, Thomas R ^b   Han, Sukkyun ^c   Lanoil, Brian ^c   Saltikov, Chad W ^d   Stolz, John F ^e   Miller, Laurence G ^a   Oremland, Ronald S ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkaliphile ecology; Anaerobic bacteria; Biotechnology; Ecology; Enzymes; Genetics; Halophiles; Metaloxidation and reduction; Phylogeny; Systematics; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC ACID; ARSENIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S; SULFATE;

ARTICLE; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; LAKE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SALINITY; UNITED STATES;

ARSENATES; CALIFORNIA; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; LAKES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SALINITY; SULFATES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 84865820157     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-012-0468-6     Document Type: Article

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