(Per)chlorate reduction by an acetogenic bacterium, Sporomusa sp., isolated from an underground gas storage.
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SUBMITTER: Balk M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2924991 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Sep
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(Per)chlorate reduction by an acetogenic bacterium, Sporomusa sp., isolated from an underground gas storage.
Balk Melike M Mehboob Farrakh F van Gelder Antonie H AH Rijpstra W Irene C WI Damsté Jaap S Sinninghe JS Stams Alfons J M AJ
Applied microbiology and biotechnology 20100803 2
A mesophilic bacterium, strain An4, was isolated from an underground gas storage reservoir with methanol as substrate and perchlorate as electron acceptor. Cells were Gram-negative, spore-forming, straight to curved rods, 0.5-0.8 microm in diameter, and 2-8 microm in length, growing as single cells or in pairs. The cells grew optimally at 37 degrees C, and the pH optimum was around 7. Strain An4 converted various alcohols, organic acids, fructose, acetoin, and H(2)/CO(2) to acetate, usually as t ...[more]
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