Palaeococcus helgesonii sp, nov., a facultatively anaerobic, hyperthermophilic archaeon from a geothermal well on Vulcano Island, Italy

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 179, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 394-401

  Amend, Jan P ^a   Meyer Dombard, D'Arcy R ^a   Sheth, Seema N ^a   Zolotova, Natalya ^a   Amend, Andrea C ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Facultative anaerobe; Hyperthermophilic archaeon; Microaerophilic growth; Palaeococcus; Shallow marine hydrothermal system

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CASEIN; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PEPTONE; RNA 16S; SEA WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFUR;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BEEF CATTLE; FLAGELLUM; GENUS; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; ITALY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PALAEOCOCCUS HELGESONII; PH; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SEA; SPECIES; THERMOCOCCALES; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; YEAST;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; EURYARCHAEOTA; PALAEOCOCCUS; PALAEOCOCCUS FERROPHILUS; PALAEOCOCCUS HELGESONII; THERMOCOCCALES;

EID: 0037861947     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-003-0542-7     Document Type: Article

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