The phylogenetic position of the Thermococcus isolate AN1 based on 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis: A proposal that AN1 represents a new species, Thermococcus zilligii sp. nov.

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 245-248

  Ronimus, R S ^a   Reysenbach, A L ^b   Musgrave, D R ^a   Morgan, H W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Archaea; Euryarchaeota; Extremophile; Phylogeny; Pyrococcus; Taxonomy; Thermococcus; Thermophile

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MEVINOLIN; MONENSIN; RIBOSOME RNA; RIFAMPICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ARCHAEA; EURYARCHAEOTA; PYROCOCCUS; THERMOCOCCI; THERMOCOCCUS; THERMOCOCCUS ZILLIGII;

EID: 0030875412     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050495     Document Type: Article

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