Aeropyrum pernix gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel aerobic hyperthermophilic archaeon growing at temperatures up to 100°C

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1070-1077

  Sako, Yoshihiko ^a   Nomura, Norimichi ^a   Uchida, Aritsune ^a   Ishida, Yuzaburo ^a   Morii, Hiroyuki ^b   Koga, Yosuke ^b   Hoaki, Toshihiro ^c,d   Maruyama, Tadashi ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d TAISEI CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THIOSULFATE;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; TEMPERATURE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

AEROPYRUM PERNIX; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRENARCHAEOTA;

EID: 0029826916     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-46-4-1070     Document Type: Article

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