Haloferax sulfurifontis sp. nov., a halophilic archaeon isolated from a sulfide- and sulfur-rich spring

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2275-2279

  Elshahed, Mostafa S ^a   Savage, Kristen N ^a   Oren, Aharon ^b   Gutierrez, M Carmen ^c   Ventosa, Antonio ^c   Krumholz, Lee R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANISOMYCIN; APHIDICOLIN; BACITRACIN; BACTERIAL DNA; CARBENICILLIN; CEFACLOR; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; LIPID; MAGNESIUM ION; NALIDIXIC ACID; NOVOBIOCIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; RNA 16S; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFIDE; SULFUR;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GC RICH SEQUENCE; HALOFERAX; HALOFERAX SULFURIFONTIS; HALOGEOMETRICUM BORINQUENSE; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; LIPID ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SPRING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BASE COMPOSITION; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FRESH WATER; GENES, RRNA; HALOFERAX; LIPIDS; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OKLAHOMA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; RNA, ARCHAEAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SULFIDES; SULFUR; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ARCHAEA; HALOBACTERIACEAE; HALOFERAX; HALOFERAX SULFURIFONTIS; HALOGEOMETRICUM BORINQUENSE;

EID: 9744226379     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.63211-0     Document Type: Article

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