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Elioraea tepidiphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a slightly thermophilic member of the Alphaproteobacteria.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Apr 2008
Albuquerque Luciana, Rainey Fred A, Nobre M Fernanda, da Costa Milton S
Abstract excerpt
A bacterial isolate, strain TU-7T, with an optimum growth temperature of about 45-50 degrees C and an optimum pH for growth between 8.0 and 8.5, was recovered from a hot spring in the Furnas area of the island of São Miguel in the Azores. The new isolate is non-pigmented, facultatively chemolithoorganotrophic, strictly aerobic and catalase- and oxidase-positive. The organism oxidized thiosulfate to sulfate with...
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