Thermococcus coalescens sp. nov., a cell-fusing hyperthermophilic archaeon from Suiyo Seamount

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2507-2514

  Kuwabara, Tomohiko ^a   Minaba, Masaomi ^a   Iwayama, Yukihiro ^a   Inouye, Isao ^a   Nakashima, Miwako ^b   Marumo, Katsumi ^b   Maruyama, Akihiko ^b   Sugai, Akihiko ^c   Itoh, Toshihiro ^c   Ishibashi, Jun Ichiro ^d   Urabe, Tetsuro ^e   Kamekura, Masahiro ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^f Noda Institute for Scientific Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENOMIC DNA; RNA 16S; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL FUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; FLAGELLUM; GENE SEQUENCE; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; THERMOCOCCUS; THERMOCOCCUS COALESCENS; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; YEAST;

BASE COMPOSITION; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE; THERMOCOCCUS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THERMOCOCCUS;

EID: 27844440882     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.63432-0     Document Type: Article

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