Isolation of thermophilic Desulfotomaculum strains with methanol and sulfite from solfataric mud pools, and characterization of Desulfotomaculum solfataficum sp nov

• Published in: International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
• Main Authors: Goorissen, HP, Boschker, HTS, Stams, AJM, Hansen, TA
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; OIL-FIELD WATERS; GEN-NOV; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; THERMODESULFOBACTERIUM-COMMUNE; REDUCTIVE DECHLORINATION; MARINE SEDIMENT; TETRACHLOROETHENE; RESERVOIR; DEEP; Krafla; Iceland
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11370/9502750b-9dc7-4e7c-bd74-7caf2b6d3e05; https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/9502750b-9dc7-4e7c-bd74-7caf2b6d3e05; https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02476-0

Four strains of thermophilic, endospore-forming, sulfate-reducing bacteria were enriched and isolated from hot solfataric fields in the Krafla area of north-east Iceland, using methanol and sulfite as substrates. Morphologically, these strains resembled thermophilic Desulfotomaculum species. The str...