Acidocella aromatica sp. nov.: An acidophilic heterotrophic alphaproteobacterium with unusual phenotypic traits

Extremophiles

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 841-850

  Jones, Rose M ^a   Hedrich, Sabrina ^a,b   Johnson, D Barrie ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetic acid; Acidocella; Acidophilic heterotrophs; Aromatic compounds

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; FRUCTOSE; OXYGEN;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HETEROTROPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY;

ACETIC ACID; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; FRUCTOSE; HETEROTROPHIC PROCESSES; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; OXYGEN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY;

ACIDOCELLA; ACIDOPHILES; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84883135381     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-013-0566-0     Document Type: Article

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