Ferroplasma acidiphilum gen. nov., sp nov., an acidophilic, autotrophic, ferrous-iron-oxidizing, cell-wall-lacking, mesophilic member of the Ferroplasmaceae fam. nov., comprising a distinct lineage of the Archaea.

O V Golyshina, T A Pivovarova, G I Karavaiko, T F Kondratéva, E R Moore, W R Abraham, H Lünsdorf, K N Timmis, M M Yakimov, P N Golyshin

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)997-1006
Number of pages10
JournalInternational Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
Volume50
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 May 2000

Keywords

  • Aerobiosis
  • Cell Wall
  • Culture Media
  • Ferrous Compounds/metabolism
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Iron/metabolism
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Phenotype
  • Phylogeny
  • Temperature
  • Thermoplasmales/classification

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