Tetrathiobacter kashmirensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel mesophilic, neutrophilic, tetrathionate-oxidizing, facultatively chemolithotrophic betaproteobacterium isolated from soil from a temperate orchard in Jammu and Kashmir, India

• Published in: International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology Vol. 55; no. 5; pp. 1779 - 1787
• Main Authors: Ghosh, Wriddhiman, Bagchi, Angshuman, Mandal, Sukhendu, Dam, Bomba, Roy, Pradosh
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Reading Soc General Microbiol 01.09.2005; Society for General Microbiology
• Subjects: Achromobacter xylosoxidans; Alcaligenes; Bacterial Typing Techniques; Bacteriology; Base Composition; Betaproteobacteria - classification; Betaproteobacteria - genetics; Betaproteobacteria - isolation & purification; Betaproteobacteria - physiology; Biological and medical sciences; Bordetella; Climate; Crops, Agricultural - growth & development; DNA, Bacterial - analysis; Fatty Acids - analysis; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Genes, rRNA; India; Malus - growth & development; Microbiology; Molecular Sequence Data; Oxidation-Reduction; Phenotype; Pigmentiphaga kullae; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - genetics; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Soil Microbiology; Systematics; Tetrathiobacter kashmirensis; Tetrathionic Acid - metabolism; Asia; Jammu and Kashmir; India; Soils; New genus; Orchard; Taxonomy; Mesophily

1 Department of Microbiology, Bose Institute, P-1/12 C. I. T. Scheme, VII M, Kolkata – 700 054, India 2 Bioinformatics Center, Bose Institute, P-1/12 C. I. T. Scheme, VII M, Kolkata – 700 054, India Correspondence Wriddhiman Ghosh Wriman{at}rediffmail.com Twelve chemolithotrophic strains were isolat...