Thermococcus gorgonarius sp. nov. and Thermococcus pacificus sp. nov.: Heterotrophic extremely thermophilic archaea from New Zealand submarine hot vents

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-29

  Miroshnichenko, M L ^a   Gongadze, G M ^b   Rainey, F A ^c,e   Kostyukova, A S ^d   Lysenko, A M ^a   Chernyh, N A ^a   Bonch Osmolovskaya, E A ^a  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^b Institute of Biological Physics   (Russian Federation)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF PROTEIN RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^e LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaea; Thermococcus gorgonarius sp. nov.; Thermococcus pacificus sp. nov.; Thermophiles

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; SULFUR;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONTENT; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PH; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CETACEA; THERMOCOCCUS; THERMOCOCCUS GORGONARIUS; THERMOCOCCUS PACIFICUS;

EID: 0031941280     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-48-1-23     Document Type: Article

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