Physiology and continuous culture of the hyperthermophilic deep-sea vent archaeon Pyrococcus abyssi ST549

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 127-132

  Godfroy, Anne ^a   Raven, Neil D H ^b   Sharp, Richard J ^b  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continuous culture; Hyperthermophile; Nutrition; Pyrococcus abyssi; Sulfur requirement

Indexed keywords

SULFUR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOREACTOR; CONTINUOUS CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROCOCCUS ABYSSI; SEA;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOREACTORS; CELLOBIOSE; CULTURE MEDIA; HEAT; MALTOSE; NITROGEN; PROTEINS; PYROCOCCUS; SEAWATER; SULFUR; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ARCHAEA; PYROCOCCUS ABYSSI;

EID: 0034194703     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00130-0     Document Type: Article

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