A novel species of thermoacidophilic archaeon, Sulfolobus yangmingensis sp. nov.

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1809-1816

  Jan, Ren Long ^a   Wu, Jeffrey ^b   Chaw, Shu Miaw ^c   Tsai, Chien Wei ^a   Tsen, Suh Der ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Taipei American School   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND MICROBIAL BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Archaeon; Sulfolobus; Thermoacidophile

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; LIPID ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

SULFOLOBUS YANGMINGENSIS;

EID: 0032726895     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-49-4-1809     Document Type: Article

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