Thermococcus fumicolans sp. nov., a new hyperthermophilic archaeon isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent in the North Fiji Basin

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1113-1119

  Godfroy, Anne ^a   Meunier, Jean Roch ^a,b   Guezennec, Jean ^a   Lesongeur, Françoise ^a   Raguénès, Gérard ^a   Rimbault, Alain ^c   Barbier, Georges ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID MIXTURE; MALTOSE; PYRUVIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; RNA 16S; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFUR;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES; TEMPERATURE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THERMOCOCCUS; THERMOCOCCUS FUMICOLANS;

EID: 0029817510     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-46-4-1113     Document Type: Article

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