Thermosipho japonicus sp. nov., an extremely thermophilic bacterium isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent in Japan

Extremophiles

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 9-17

  Takai, Ken ^a   Horikoshi, Koki ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Deep sea hydrothermal vent; Extreme thermophile; Thermosipho; Thermotogales

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CELL STRUCTURE; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ELECTRON TRANSFER; GENETIC STRAIN; HYDROTHERMAL VENT SITE; JAPAN; NEW SPECIES; PH; PHYLOGENY; RIBOSOMAL DNA; SALINITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THERMOSIPHO AFRICANUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THERMOSIPHO; THERMOSIPHO AFRICANUS; THERMOSIPHO JAPONICUS; THERMOTOGALES;

EID: 0034111616     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007920050002     Document Type: Article

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