Marinithermus hydrothermalis gen. nov., sp. nov., a strictly aerobic, thermophilic bacterium from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-65

  Sako, Yoshihiko ^a   Nakagawa, Satoshi ^a   Takai, Ken ^b   Horikoshi, Koki ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; CASAMINO ACID; CELLOBIOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PROLINE; PYRUVIC ACID; RNA 16S; SERINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUCROSE; TREHALOSE; TRYPTONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL SHAPE; CHIMNEY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GC RICH SEQUENCE; HETEROTROPHY; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; JAPAN; MARINITHERMUS HYDROTHERMALIS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMUS; YEAST;

BASE COMPOSITION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FATTY ACIDS; GRAM-NEGATIVE AEROBIC RODS AND COCCI; HEAT; JAPAN; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; QUINONES; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MARINITHERMUS HYDROTHERMALIS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; THERMUS; UNCULTURED MARINE BACTERIUM;

EID: 0037217254     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02364-0     Document Type: Article

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