Evidence for existence of "mesotogas," members of the order Thermotogales adapted to low-temperature environments

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 5061-5068

  Nesbø, Camilla L ^a   Dlutek, Marlena ^a   Zhaxybayeva, Olga ^a   Doolittle, W Ford ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GENES; PROTEINS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

FOSMIDS; MESOPHILIC ANAEROBIC; MICROAEROPHILIC ENVIRONMENTS; THERMOTOGALES;

BACTERIA;

RIBOSOME RNA;

BACTERIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; POPULATION GENETICS;

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOREMEDIATION; GENE SEQUENCE; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMOTOGALES; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; GENES, RRNA; HEAT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THERMOTOGALES;

EID: 33746044905     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00342-06     Document Type: Article

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