Thermophilic Fe(III)-reducing bacteria from the deep subsurface: The evolutionary implications

Science

Volumn 277, Issue 5329, 1997, Pages 1106-1109

  Liu, Shi V ^a,d   Zhou, Jizhong ^a   Zhang, Chuanlun ^a   Cole, David R ^b   Gajdarziska Josifovska, M ^c   Phelps, Tommy J ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^d DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON-REDUCING BACTERIA; PHYLOGENY; SUBSURFACE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOLOGY; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030777142     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.277.5329.1106     Document Type: Article

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