Thermocladium modestius gen. nov., sp. nov., a new genus of rod-shaped, extremely thermophilic crenarchaeote

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 879-887

  Itoh, Takashi ^a   Suzuki, Ken Ichiro ^a   Nakase, Takashi ^a  

^a RIKEN BIORESOURCE CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crenarchaeotes; Extreme thermophile; Thermocladium modestius; Thermoproteaceae

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THERMOCLADIUM MODESTIUS; THERMOPROTEACEAE;

EID: 0031824941     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-48-3-879     Document Type: Article

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