Thermococcus gammatolerans sp. nov., a hyperthermophilic archeon from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent that resists ionizing radiation

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 847-851

  Jolivet, Edmond ^a   L'Haridon, Stéphane ^a   Corre, Erwan ^b   Forterre, Patrick ^c   Prieur, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTINE; CYTOSINE; GENOMIC DNA; GUANINE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; PEPTONE; RNA 16S; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFUR;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL SHAPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FRANCE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; IONIZING RADIATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THERMOCOCCUS; THERMOCOCCUS CELER; THERMOCOCCUS GAMMATOLERANS; THERMOCOCCUS GORGONARIUS; THERMOCOCCUS GUAYMASENSIS; THERMOCOCCUS HYDROTHERMALIS; THERMOCOCCUS PROFUNDUS; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; YEAST;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA; THERMOCOCCUS; THERMOCOCCUS CELER; THERMOCOCCUS GAMMATOLERANS; THERMOCOCCUS GORGONARIUS; THERMOCOCCUS GUAYMASENSIS; THERMOCOCCUS HYDROTHERMALIS; THERMOCOCCUS PROFUNDUS;

EID: 0037640006     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02503-0     Document Type: Article

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