New isolates and physiological properties of the Aquificales and description of Thermocrinis albus sp. nov.

Extremophiles

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 309-318

  Eder, Wolfgang ^a   Huber, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene sequences; Aquifex; Aquificales; High temperature ecosystems; Hydrogenobacter; Selected cell cultivation; Thermocrinis

Indexed keywords

AQUIFEX; AQUIFICACEAE; AQUIFICALES; HYDROGENOBACTER; HYDROGENOBACULUM; THERMOCRINIS; THERMOCRINIS ALBUS;

PRIMER DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 0036691501     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-001-0259-y     Document Type: Article

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