Characterization and genome analysis of the first facultatively alkaliphilic Thermodesulfovibrio isolated from the deep terrestrial subsurface

Members of the genus Thermodesulfovibrio belong to the Nitrospirae phylum and all isolates characterized to date are neutrophiles. They have been isolated from terrestrial hot springs and thermophilic methanogenic anaerobic sludges. Their molecular signatures have, however, also been detected in dee...

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Main Authors: Yulia Frank, Vitaly Kadnikov, Anastasia Lukina, David Banks, Alexey Beletsky, Andrey Mardanov, Elena Sen’kina, Marat Avakyan, Olga Karnachuk, Nikolai Ravin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.02000/full