| desulfitibacter alkalitolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, alkalitolerant, sulfite-reducing bacterium isolated from a district heating plant. | a novel alkalitolerant, anaerobic bacterium, designated strain sk.kt5(t), was isolated from a metal coupon retrieved from a corrosion-monitoring reactor of a danish district heating plant (skanderborg, jutland). the cells of strain sk.kt5(t) were motile, rod-shaped (0.4-0.6 x 2.5-9.6 microm), stained gram-positive and formed endospores. strain sk.kt5(t) grew at ph 7.6-10.5 (with optimum growth at ph 8.0-9.5), at temperatures in the range 23-44 degrees c (with optimum growth at 35-37 degrees c), ... | 2006 | 17158984 |