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Carboxydocella thermautotrophica gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel anaerobic, CO-utilizing thermophile from a Kamchatkan hot spring.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Nov 2002
Sokolova T G, Kostrikina N A, Chernyh N A, Tourova T P, Kolganova T V, Bonch-Osmolovskaya E A
Abstract excerpt
A novel anaerobic, thermophilic, CO-utilizing bacterium, strain 41(T), was isolated from a terrestrial hot vent on the Kamchatka Peninsula. Strain 41(T) was found to be a Gram-positive bacterium, its cells being short, straight, motile rods. Chains of three to five cells were often observed. The isolate grew only chemolithoautotrophically on CO, producing equimolar quantities of H2 and CO2 (according to the...
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