Enrichment and identification of large filamentous sulfur bacteria related to Beggiatoa species from brackishwater ecosystems of Tamil Nadu along the southeast coast of India.

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Beggiatoa species are filamentous sulfide-oxidizing bacteria belonging to the family Beggiatoaceae that contains several largest bacteria known today. These large sulfur bacteria occur in diverse ecosystems and play an important role in the global sulfur, nitrogen and phosphorus cycle. In this study, sediment samples from brackishwater shrimp culture ponds and other brackishwater ecosystems from Tamil Nadu,...

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