Distribution and physiological characteristics of hyperthermophiles in the Kubiki oil reservoir in Niigata, Japan

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 73-79

  Takahata, Yoh ^a,b   Nishijima, Miyuki ^a   Hoaki, Toshihiro ^b   Maruyama, Tadashi ^a  

^a MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b TAISEI CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; POPULATION SIZE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OIL INDUSTRY; SOIL; THERMOCOCCUS; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMOTOGA;

HONSHU; JAPAN; NIIGATA;

THERMOCOCCUS; THERMOTOGA;

EID: 0033989024     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.1.73-79.2000     Document Type: Article

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