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[Two new species of microaerophilic sulfur spirilla, Spirillum winogradskii sp. nov. and Spirillum kriegii sp. nov].
Mikrobiologiia - 1 Jan 2000
Podkopaeva D A, Grabovich M Iu, Dubinina G A, Lysenko A M, Turova T P, Kolganova T V
Abstract excerpt
New microaerophilic sulfur-oxidizing spirilla were isolated from hydrogen sulfide sludge of wastewater treatment plants. Strains D-427 and D-430 have spiral cells that are highly motile due to bipolar flagellum bundles covered with mucous sheaths. Under a phase-contrast microscope, these bundles are visible as single polar flagella. Spheroplasts are formed in the stationary growth phase. Both strains are obligate...
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