Thermus oshimai sp. nov., isolated from hot springs in Portugal, Iceland, and the azores, and comment on the concept of a limited geographical distribution of Thermus species

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 403-408

  Williams, Ralph A D ^a   Smith, Kelvin E ^a   Welch, Simon G ^a   Micallef, Janice ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; ICELAND; NONHUMAN; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THERMUS; THERMUS OSHIMAI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; THERMUS; THERMUS AQUATICUS; THERMUS BROCKIANUS; THERMUS FILIFORMIS; THERMUS OSHIMAI; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0030008250     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-46-2-403     Document Type: Article

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