Isolation and characterization of Thermococcus barossii, sp. nov., a hyperthermophilic archaeon isolated from a hydrothermal vent flange formation

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 40-49

  Duffaud, Guy D ^c   D'Hennezel, Olga B ^c   Peek, Andrew S ^a   Reysenbach, Anna Louise ^a   Kelly, Robert M ^b  

^a The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Growth physiology; Hyperthermophiles; Thermococcus barossii

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE; RNA 16S; SEA WATER; SULFUR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; FLAGELLUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL SPRING;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COCCOIDEA; PROKARYOTA; THERMOCOCCALES; THERMOCOCCUS BAROSSII; THERMOCOCCUS CELER;

EID: 0031943504     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0723-2020(98)80007-6     Document Type: Article

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