Picrophilus oshimae and Picrophilus torridus fam. nov., gen. nov., sp. nov., two species of hyperacidophilic, thermophilic, heterotrophic, aerobic archaea

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 814-816

  Schleper, Christa ^a   Pühler, Gabriela ^a   Klenk, Hans Peter ^a   Zillig, Wolfram ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

EID: 0029681421     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-46-3-814     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. Gambacorta, A. Personal communication.
2. Klenk, H.-P., and W. Zillig. 1994. DNA-dependent RNA polymerase subunit B as a tool for phylogenetic reconstructions: branching topology of the archaeal domain. J. Mol. Evol. 38:420-432.
3. Schäfer, G. Personal communication.
4. Schleper, C., G. Pühler, I. Holz, D. Janekovic, U. Santarius, H.-P. Klenk, and W. Zillig. 1995. Picrophilus gen. nov., fam. nov.: a novel aerobic. heterotrophic, thermoacidophilic genus and family comprising archaca capable of growth around pH O. J. Bacteriol. 177:7050-7059.
5. Schieper, C., G. Pühler, B. Kühlmorgen, and W. Zillig. 1995. Life at extremely low pH. Nature (London) 375:741-742.
6. Volker-Mürkl, S. Personal communication.
7. Woese, C. R., O. Kandler, and M. L. Wheelis. 1990. Towards a natural system of organisms: proposal for the domains Archaea. Bacteria and Eucarya. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 87:4576-4579.
8. Zillig, W., A. Gierl, G. Schreiber, S. Wunderl, D. Janekovic, K. O. Stetter, and H.-P. Klenk. 1983. The archaebacterium Thermofilum pendens represents a novel genus of the thermophilic, anacrobic sulfur respiring Thermoproteales. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 4:79-87.