| caldilinea tarbellica sp. nov., a filamentous, thermophilic, anaerobic bacterium isolated from a deep hot aquifer in the aquitaine basin. | an anaerobic, thermophilic, filamentous (0.45 × >100 µm) bacterium, designated d1-25-10-4(t), was isolated from a deep hot aquifer in france. cells were non-motile and gram-negative. growth was observed at 43-65 °c (optimum 55 °c), at ph 6.8-7.8 (optimum ph 7.0) and with 0-5 g nacl l(-1) (optimum 0 g nacl l(-1)). strain d1-25-10-4(t) was a chemo-organotroph and fermented ribose, maltose, glucose, galactose, arabinose, fructose, mannose, sucrose, raffinose, xylose, glycerol, fumarate, peptone, st ... | 2010 | 20584812 |