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Desulfotomaculum hydrothermale sp. nov., a thermophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from a terrestrial Tunisian hot spring.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Nov 2008
Haouari Olfa, Fardeau Marie-Laure, Cayol Jean-Luc, Casiot Corinne, Elbaz-Poulichet Françoise, Hamdi Moktar, Joseph Manon, Ollivier Bernard
Abstract excerpt
A novel strictly anaerobic, moderately thermophilic, sulfate-reducing bacterium, designated strain Lam5(T), was isolated from a hot spring in north-east Tunisia and was characterized phenotypically and phylogenetically. The isolate stained Gram-negative but had a Gram-positive-type cell wall. The strain comprised endospore-forming, slightly curved rod-shaped cells with peritrichous flagella. It did not possess...
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