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Caldicellulosiruptor obsidiansis sp. nov., an anaerobic, extremely thermophilic, cellulolytic bacterium isolated from Obsidian Pool, Yellowstone National Park.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Feb 2010
Hamilton-Brehm Scott D, Mosher Jennifer J, Vishnivetskaya Tatiana, Podar Mircea, Carroll Sue, Allman Steve, Phelps Tommy J, Keller Martin, Elkins James G
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A novel, obligately anaerobic, extremely thermophilic, cellulolytic bacterium, designated OB47(T), was isolated from Obsidian Pool, Yellowstone National Park, WY. The isolate was a nonmotile, non-spore-forming, Gram-positive rod approximately 2 microm long by 0.2 microm wide and grew at temperatures between 55 and 85 degrees C, with the optimum at 78 degrees C. The pH range for growth was 6.0 to 8.0, with values...
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