Moritella japonica sp. Nov., a novel barophilic bacterium isolated from a Japan Trench sediment

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 289-295

  Nogi, Yuichi ^a   Kato, Chiaki ^a   Horikoshi, Koki ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Barophilic bacterium; Deep sea; Hydrostatic pressure; Japan Trench; Moritella japonica sp. nov.

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRESSURE; SEDIMENT; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BAROPHILIC BACTERIUM; JAPONICA; MORITELLA JAPONICA; MORITELLA MARINA; SHEWANELLA; SHEWANELLA BAROPHILES;

EID: 0031796801     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.44.289     Document Type: Article

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