Diversity of piezophilic microorganisms in the closed ocean Japan Sea

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 749-752

  Arakawa, Shizuka ^a   Nogi, Yuichi ^b   Sato, Takako ^b   Yoshida, Yasuhiko ^a   Usami, Ron ^a   Kato, Chiaki ^b  

^a TOYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deep sea; High pressure; Japan Sea; Piezophilic bacteria; T RFLP

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTS;

DEEP-SEA; JAPAN SEA; PIEZOPHILIC BACTERIA; T-RFLP;

MICROORGANISMS;

SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; JAPAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PRESSURE; SEA; SEDIMENT;

BIODIVERSITY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; JAPAN; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHYLOGENY; PRESSURE; SEAWATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33645213045     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.70.749     Document Type: Article

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