Sulfolobus tokodaii sp. nov. (f. Sulfolobus sp. strain 7), a new member of the genus Sulfolobus isolated from Beppu Hot Springs, Japan

Extremophiles

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 39-44

  Suzuki, Toshiharu ^a,b   Iwasaki, Toshio ^c   Uzawa, Taketoshi ^d   Hara, Kurt ^b   Nemoto, Naoki ^b   Kon, Takahide ^a,e   Ueki, Toshiaki ^a   Yamagishi, Akihiko ^b   Oshima, Tairo ^b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^d OSAKA KYOIKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Archaea; Crenarchaeote; Phylogeny; Sulfolobus tokodaii sp. nov; Thermoacidophile

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; SULFOLOBUS; SULFOLOBUS SP.; SULFOLOBUS TOKODAII;

RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SULFOLOBUS;

AEROBIOSIS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEAT; JAPAN; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SULFOLOBUS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0036484726     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007920100221     Document Type: Article

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