Culturability and survival of an extreme thermophile isolated from deep- sea hydrothermal vents

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 64-67

  González, Juan M ^a,b   Kato, Chiaki ^a   Horikoshi, Koki ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Columbus Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Active cells; Culturability; Dead cells; Deep sea; Extreme thermophiles; Hydrothermal vents; Mortality; Survival; Thermococcus peptoniphilus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; DISPERSION; GROWTH REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SPOROGENESIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

EID: 0029785054     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050356     Document Type: Article

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