Thermus kawarayensis sp. nov., a new member of the genus Thermus, isolated from Japanese hot springs

Extremophiles

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 81-84

  Kurosawa, Norio ^a   Itoh, Yuko H ^a   Itoh, Takashi ^b  

^a SOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN BIORESOURCE CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Hot springs; Kawarayensis; Novel species; Thermus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; JAPAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; PH; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL SPRING; THERMUS;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HOT SPRINGS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; JAPAN; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TEMPERATURE; THERMUS;

THERMUS; THERMUS AQUATICUS; THERMUS IGNITERRAE; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 14644424652     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-004-0419-y     Document Type: Article

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