The phylum Nanoarchaeota: Present knowledge and future perspectives of a unique form of life

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 165-171

  Huber, Harald ^a   Hohn, Michael J ^a   Stetter, Karl O ^a   Rachel, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

"Nanoarchaeota"; 16S rDNA; Cell size; EF 1 ; Genome size; Hyperthermophilic; Marine; Phylogeny; Symbiont

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOTOPE; COCULTURE; GENOME SIZE; IGNICOCCUS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOARCHAEUM EQUITANS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY; SPECIES CULTIVATION; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARCHAEA; IGNICOCCUS; NANOARCHAEOTA; NANOARCHAEUM EQUITANS;

EID: 0037386511     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(03)00035-4     Document Type: Short Survey

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