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Thiomicrospira halophila sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, obligately chemolithoautotrophic, sulfur-oxidizing bacterium from hypersaline lakes.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Oct 2006
Sorokin Dimitry Yu, Tourova Tatjana P, Kolganova Tatjana V, Spiridonova Elizaveta M, Berg Ivan A, Muyzer Gerard
Abstract excerpt
Enrichments at 2 M NaCl and pH 7.5-8, with thiosulfate or sulfide as electron donor, inoculated with sediments from hypersaline chloride-sulfate lakes of the Kulunda Steppe (Altai, Russia) resulted in the domination of two different groups of moderately halophilic, chemolithoautotrophic, sulfur-oxidizing bacteria. Under fully aerobic conditions with thiosulfate, bacteria belonging to the genus Halothiobacillus...
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