ARTHROBACTER-CRYGENAE SP. NOV. AND ACIDOVORAX-PSYCHROFACILIS SP. NOV., PSYCHROPHILIC HYDROGEN BACTERIA FROM TUNDRA SOIL

Authors
VASILEVA LV SAVELEVA ND OMELCHENKO MV LYSENKO AM PUSHEVA MA TROTSENKO YA ZAVARZIN GA
Citation
Lv. Vasileva et al., ARTHROBACTER-CRYGENAE SP. NOV. AND ACIDOVORAX-PSYCHROFACILIS SP. NOV., PSYCHROPHILIC HYDROGEN BACTERIA FROM TUNDRA SOIL, Microbiology, 67(2), 1998, pp. 195-200
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00262617
Volume
67
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
195 - 200
Database
ISI
SICI code
0026-2617(1998)67:2<195:ASNAAS>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Two new species of hydrogen bacteria, Arthrobacter crygenae Z-0036 and Acidovorax psychrofacilis Z-0064, were isolated from tundra soil in t he polar Ural region. Under psychrophilic conditions, at temperatures below 15 degrees C, these bacteria can actively utilize H-2 as well as the fermentation products dissipating from the anaerobic decompositio n zone. Hydrogen bacteria are typical representatives of the bacterial filter preventing the emission of gases into the atmosphere in the pe rmafrost zone.