Biological Nitrogen Removal Database

A manually curated data resource for microbial nitrogen removal


Detailed information

Microorganism

Geobacillus thermoleovorans strain GE-7

Taxonomy
  • Phylum : Firmicutes
  • Class : Bacilli
  • Order :Bacillales
  • Family : Bacillaceae
  • Genus : Geobacillus

Electron Acceptor

NO3-

Electron Donor

Lactate

Information about Article

Reference:Deflaun et al., 2007

Title:Isolation and characterization of a Geobacillus thermoleovorans strain from an ultra-deep South African gold mine.

Pubmed ID:16709445

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Abstract: A thermophilic facultative bacterial isolate was recovered from 3.2km depth in a gold mine in South Africa. This isolate, designated GE-7, was cultivated from pH 8.0, 50 degrees C water from a dripping fracture near the top of an exploration tunnel. GE-7 grows optimally at 65 degrees C and pH 6.5 on a wide range of carbon substrates including cellobiose, hydrocarbons and lactate. In addition to O(2), GE-7 also utilizes nitrate as an electron acceptor. GE-7 is a long rod-shaped bacterium (4-6microm longx0.5microm wide) with terminal endospores and flagella. Phylogenetic analysis of GE-7 16S rDNA sequence revealed high sequence similarity with G. thermoleovorans DSM 5366(T) (99.6%), however, certain phenotypic characteristics of GE-7 were distinct from this and other previously described strains of G. thermoleovorans.

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