Thermocrinis tuber gen. nov., sp. nov., a pink-filament-forming hyperthermophilic bacterium isolated from Yellowstone National Park

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 3576-3583

  Huber, Robert ^a   Eder, Wolfgang ^a   Heldwein, Stefan ^a   Wanner, Gerhard ^b   Huber, Harald ^a   Rachel, Reinhard ^a   Stetter, Karl O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ALKALINITY; AQUIFEX PYROPHILUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOMASS; DNA SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; PHYLOGENY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; WATER ANALYSIS;

AQUIFEX PYROPHILUS; AQUIFICALES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; OCTOPUS; THERMOCRINIS; THERMOCRINIS RUBER; THERMOCRINIS TUBER;

EID: 0031685977     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.10.3576-3583.1998     Document Type: Article

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