@article{fdi:010089993,
  title = {{D}efluviitoga tunisiensis gen. nov., sp nov., a thermophilic bacterium isolated from a mesothermic and anaerobic whey digester},
  author = {{B}en {H}ania, {W}. and {G}odbane, {R}. and {P}ostec, {A}. and {H}amdi, {M}. and {O}llivier, {B}ernard and {F}ardeau, {M}arie-{L}aure},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{S}train {S}ulf{L}ac1({T}), a thermophilic, anaerobic and slightly halophilic, rod-shaped bacterium with a sheath-like outer structure (toga), was isolated from a whey digester in {T}unisia. {T}he strain's non-motile cells measured 3-30x1 mu m and appeared singly, in pairs or as long chains. {T}he novel strain reduced thiosulfate and elemental sulfur, but not sulfate or sulfite, into sulfide. {I}t grew at 37-65 degrees {C} (optimum 55 degrees {C}), at p{H} 6.5-7.9 (optimum p{H} 6.9) and with 0.2-3% (w/v) {N}a{C}l (optimum 0.5 %). {T}he {G} +{C} content of the strain's genomic {DNA} was 33.6 mol%. {P}hylogenetic analysis based on 16{S} r{RNA} gene sequences indicated that strain {S}ulf{L}ac1({T}) was most closely related to {P}etrotoga mobilis (91.4% sequence similarity). {B}ased on phenotypic, phylogenetic and chemotaxonomic evidence, strain {S}ulf{L}ac1({T}) represents a novel species of a new genus within the order {T}hermotogales, for which the name {D}efluviitoga tunisiensis gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. {T}he type strain of the type species is {S}ulf{L}ac1({T}) (={DSM} 23805({T}) ={JCM} 17210({T})).},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{I}nternational {J}ournal of {S}ystematic and {E}volutionary {M}icrobiology},
  volume = {62},
  numero = {{P}art 6},
  pages = {1377--1382},
  ISSN = {1466-5026},
  year = {2012},
  DOI = {10.1099/ijs.0.033720-0},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010089993},
}