Geobacter sulfurreducens subsp. ethanolicus, subsp. nov., an ethanol-utilizing dissimilatory Fe(III)-reducing bacterium from a lotus field

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 325-334

  Viulu, Samson ^a   Nakamura, Kohei ^a   Kojima, Akihiro ^a   Yoshiyasu, Yuki ^a   Saitou, Sakiko ^a   Takamizawa, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Fe(III) reduction; Geobacter; Lotus field

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; FATTY ACID; FERRIC CITRATE; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; FORMIC ACID; FUMARIC ACID; GENOMIC DNA; HYDROGEN; IRON; LACTIC ACID; MALIC ACID; NITRILOTRIACETATE IRON; PYRUVIC ACID; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; RIBOSOME RNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFUR;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHEMOTAXONOMY; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; GEOBACTER ETHANOLICUS; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; IRON REDUCING BACTERIUM; JAPAN; LOTUS; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMS BY METABOLISM; PH; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY;

AEROBIOSIS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE COMPOSITION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ETHANOL; FATTY ACIDS; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; GEOBACTER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; JAPAN; LOTUS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; QUINONES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84887267753     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: 13498037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.59.325     Document Type: Article

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