Salinisphaera shabanensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel, moderately halophilic bacterium from the brine-seawater interface of the Shaban Deep, Red Sea

Extremophiles

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-34

  Antunes, André ^a,b   Eder, Wolfgang ^a   Fareleira, Paula ^c   Santos, Helena ^c   Huber, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Brine; Moderately halophilic; Piezotolerant; Red Sea; Salinisphaera; Salinisphaera shabanensis; Shaban Deep

Indexed keywords

GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; SALINISPHAERA; SALINISPHAERA SHABANENSIS;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

BASE COMPOSITION; DNA, BACTERIAL; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENES, BACTERIAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER;

EID: 0037711316     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-002-0292-5     Document Type: Article

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