Meiothermus timidus sp. nov., a new slightly thermophilic yellow-pigmented species

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 245, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-45

  Pires, Ana Luisa ^a   Albuquerque, Luciana ^a   Tiago, Igor ^a   Nobre, M Fernanda ^a   Empadinhas, Nuno ^a   Veríssimo, António ^a   Da Costa, Milton S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Meiothermus; Meiothermus timidus sp. nov.; Thermaceae

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIPID COMPOSITION; MEIOTHERMUS TIMIDUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTATION; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMUS;

MEIOTHERMUS; THERMACEAE;

EID: 15744405109     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2005.02.011     Document Type: Article

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