Pyrolobus fumarii, gen. and sp. nov., represents a novel group of archaea, extending the upper temperature limit for life to 113°C

Extremophiles

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 14-21

  Blöchl, Elisabeth ^a   Rachel, Reinhard ^a   Burggraf, Siegfried ^a   Hafenbradl, Doris ^a   Jannasch, Holger W ^b   Stetter, Karl O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaea; Hyperthermophilic; Marine; Taxonomy; Temperature hydrothermal

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; COCCOIDEA; PYRODICTIACEAE; PYROLOBUS; PYROLOBUS FUMARII;

AMMONIA; ARCHAEAL DNA; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HYDROGEN; HYDROGENASE; NITRATE; THIOSULFATE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMMONIA; ARCHAEA; BASE COMPOSITION; DNA, ARCHAEAL; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGENASE; NITRATES; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE; THIOSULFATES;

EID: 0031061411     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007920050010     Document Type: Article

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