Sulfur-inhibited Thermosphaera aggregans sp. nov., a new genus of hyperthermophilic archaea isolated after its prediction from environmentally derived 16S rRNA sequences

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 31-38

  Huber, Robert ^a   Dyba, Diana ^a   Huber, Harald ^a   Burggraf, Siegfried ^a   Rachel, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

16S rRNA sequences; Archaea; Hyperthermophile; Thermosphaera aggregans sp. nov.

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; HYDROGEN; ISOVALERIC ACID; LIPID; RIBOSOME RNA; SULFUR;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DNA CONTENT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFUROCOCCACEAE; THERMOSPHAERA; THERMOSPHAERA AGGREGANS; VITIS SP.;

EID: 0031953266     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-48-1-31     Document Type: Article

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