Expanding the verrucomicrobial methanotrophic world: Description of three novel species of Methylacidimicrobium gen. nov

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 6782-6791

  van Teeseling, Muriel C F ^a   Pol, Arjan ^a   Harhangi, Harry R ^a   van der Zwart, Sietse ^a   Jetten, Mike S M ^a   Op den Camp, Huub J M ^a   van Niftrik, Laura ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; SOILS;

ELECTRON-DENSE PARTICLES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROWTH CHARACTERISTIC; HIGH TEMPERATURE; ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION; MEMBRANE STACKS; TOLERANT SPECIES; VOLCANIC SOILS;

RNA;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; MEMBRANE; METHANOTROPHY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NEW SPECIES; PH; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VOLCANIC SOIL;

ITALY;

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

CELL GRANULE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOPLASM; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PH; PHYLOGENY; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VERRUCOMICROBIA;

CELL MEMBRANE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOPLASM; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ITALY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; VERRUCOMICROBIA;

EID: 84914159679     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01838-14     Document Type: Article

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