Rhodothermus obamensis sp. nov., a modern lineage of extremely thermophilic marine bacteria

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1099-1104

  Sako, Yoshihiko ^a   Takai, Ken ^a   Ishida, Yuzaburo ^a   Uchida, Aritsune ^a   Katayama, Yoko ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES; TEMPERATURE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; RHODOTHERMUS; RHODOTHERMUS MARINUS;

EID: 0029798568     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-46-4-1099     Document Type: Article

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