Palaeococcus ferrophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a barophilic, hyperthermophilic archaeon from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 489-500

  Takai, Ken ^a,b   Sugai, Akihiko ^c   Itoh, Toshihiro ^c   Horikoshi, Koki ^a  

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

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Barophilic; Deep sea hydrothermal vent; Hydrothermophilic archaeon; Thermococcales

Indexed keywords

CASEIN; CYTOSINE; FERROUS ION; GUANINE; PEPTONE; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; SULFUR;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL MOTILITY; CHIMNEY; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; FLAGELLUM; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROCOCCUS; SEA; TAXONOMY; THERMOCOCCALES; THERMOCOCCUS; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PALAEOCOCCUS FERROPHILUS; PYROCOCCUS; THERMOCOCCALES; THERMOCOCCUS;

EID: 0034122502     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-50-2-489     Document Type: Article

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