Halococcus dombrowskii sp. nov., an archaeal isolate from a Permian alpine salt deposit

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1807-1814

  Stan Lotter, Helga ^a   Pfaffenhuemer, Marion ^a   Legat, Andrea ^a   Busse, Hans Jürgen ^a   Radax, Christian ^a   Gruber, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Archaea; Halococcus dombrowskii sp. nov.; Longevity; Salt mine; Subsurface

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANISOMYCIN; APHIDICOLIN; BACITRACIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARBON; CELL PROTEIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; MENAQUINONE; NALIDIXIC ACID; NOVOBIOCIN; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL PHOSPHATE; RIFAMPICIN; RNA 16S; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL SHAPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; HALOCOCCUS; HALOCOCCUS DOMBROWSKII; HALOCOCCUS MORRHUAE; HALOCOCCUS SACCHAROLYTICUS; HALOCOCCUS SALIFODINAE; MINING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; AUSTRIA; BASE COMPOSITION; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, ARCHAEAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HALOCOCCUS; LIPIDS; MINING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, ARCHAEAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SALTS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COCCOIDEA; HALOCOCCUS; HALOCOCCUS DOMBROWSKII; HALOCOCCUS MORRHUAE; HALOCOCCUS SACCHAROLYTICUS; HALOCOCCUS SALIFODINAE;

EID: 0036739278     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02278-0     Document Type: Article

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