Diversity among three novel groups of hyperthermophilic deep-sea Thermococcus species from three sites in the northeastern Pacific Ocean

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 51-60

  Holden, James F ^a   Takai, Ken ^a,b   Summit, Melanie ^a,c   Bolton, Sheryl ^a   Zyskowski, Jamie ^a   Baross, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep sea hydrothermal vent; Intergenic spacer region; Paralvinella; Phylogeny; Thermococcus

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; HYDROLASE; PROTEINASE; RNA 16S; RNA 23S; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PARALVINELLA PALMIFORMIS; PARALVINELLA SULFINCOLA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOCOCCUS;

THERMOCOCCUS;

EID: 0035000622     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(01)00118-0     Document Type: Article

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