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Descriptor English: Thiothrix
Descriptor Spanish: Thiothrix
Descriptor Thiothrix
Scope note: Género de bacterias baciliformes, incoloras y filamentosas de la familia THIOTRICHACEAE, que contienen glóbulos de azufre. Se encuentran especies Thiothrix como componentes de BIOPELÍCULAS en sistemas de irrigación y plantas de tratamiento de aguas, así como en medios marinos como endosimbiontes.
Descriptor Portuguese: Thiothrix
Descriptor French: Thiothrix
Tree number(s): B03.440.400.645.800
B03.660.250.770.800
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D053525
Scope note: A genus of colorless, filamentous, rod-shaped bacteria in the family THIOTRICHACEAE, containing sulfur globules. Thiothrix species are found as components of BIOFILMS in irrigation systems and wastewater treatment plants, and in marine environments as endosymbionts.
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PH physiology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Thiotrichaceae (1983-2006)
Public MeSH Note: 2007; see THIOTRICHACEAE 2004-2006
History Note: 2007; use THIOTRICHACEAE 2004-2006
DeCS ID: 52032
Unique ID: D053525
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Date Established: 2007/01/01
Date of Entry: 2006/07/05
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Thiothrix - Preferred
Concept UI M0444477
Scope note A genus of colorless, filamentous, rod-shaped bacteria in the family THIOTRICHACEAE, containing sulfur globules. Thiothrix species are found as components of BIOFILMS in irrigation systems and wastewater treatment plants, and in marine environments as endosymbionts.
Preferred term Thiothrix



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