Phylogenetic evidence for the existence of novel thermophilic bacteria in hot spring sulfur-turf microbial mats in Japan

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1680-1687

  Yamamoto, Hiroyuki ^a   Hiraishi, Akira ^b   Kato, Kenji ^c   Chiura, Hiroshi X ^d   Maki, Yonosuke ^e   Shimizu, Akira ^f  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; HOT WATER; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; JAPAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

AQUIFEX; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HYDROGENOBACTER;

EID: 0031833974     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.5.1680-1687.1998     Document Type: Article

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