isolation and characterization of thermanaerothrix daxensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic anaerobic bacterium pertaining to the phylum "chloroflexi", isolated from a deep hot aquifer in the aquitaine basin. | a new strictly anaerobic thermophilic multicellular filamentous bacterium (0.2-0.3μm×>100μm), designated gns-1(t), was isolated from a deep hot aquifer in france. it was non-motile, and stained gram-negative. optimal growth was observed at 65°c, ph 7.0, and 2gl(-1) of nacl. strain gns-1(t) was chemoorganotrophic fermenting ribose, glucose, galactose, arabinose, fructose, mannose, maltose, sucrose, xylose, raffinose, pyruvate, and xylan. yeast extract was required for growth. the end products of ... | 2011 | 21621938 |