Title
First report of the bacterium Thioploca in the benguela ecosystem off Namibia
Date Issued
01 January 1998
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Universidad de Concepción
Publisher(s)
Cambridge University Press
Abstract
Thioploca are sulphur oxidizing-nitrate reducing gliding filamentous benthic bacteria belonging to the Beggiatoaceae. In this paper we report on the discovery of Thioploca resulting from a commercial fishery survey of Trachurus capensis (horse mackerel) and Merluccius capensis (hake) carried out off Namibia between 18°00.1'S and 25°00.8'S from 4-10 December 1996, on board the RV 'Welwitschia'. The first positive finding of sheathed, presumably vacuolated, Thioploca in the Benguela Current ecosystem is now reported.
Start page
1007
End page
1010
Volume
78
Issue
3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Biología celular, Microbiología
Conservación de la Biodiversidad
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-0031715609
Source
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
ISSN of the container
00253154
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