Comparison of a new Thiomicrospira strain from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge with known hydrothermal vent isolates

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 4057-4059

  Wirsen, C O ^a   Brinkhoff, T ^b   Kuever, J ^b   Muyzer, G ^b   Molyneaux, S ^a   Jannasch, H W ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL STRUCTURE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SULFUR BACTERIUM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; THIOMICROSPIRA; THIOMICROSPIRA CRUNOGENA; THIOMICROSPIRA SP.;

EID: 0031692401     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.10.4057-4059.1998     Document Type: Article

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