Thermococcus celericrescens sp. nov., a fast-growing and cell-fusing hyperthermophilic archaeon from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 437-443

  Kuwabara, Tomohiko ^a   Minaba, Masaomi ^a,c   Ogi, Noriko ^a   Kamekura, Masahiro ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b Noda Institute for Scientific Research   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d Halophiles Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; DYE; GENOMIC DNA; GUANIDINE; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUSION; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMOTROPH; DEEP SEA SPECIES; DNA CONTENT; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; FLAGELLUM; GENE SEQUENCE; GROWTH CURVE; HYDROTHERMAL VENT SPECIES; HYPERTHERMOPHILIC ARCHAEON; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANOTROPH; PACIFIC OCEAN; PH; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THERMOCOCCUS; THERMOCOCCUS CELERICRESCENS; THERMOCOCCUS COALESCENS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; YEAST;

DNA, ARCHAEAL; GENES, RRNA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE; THERMOCOCCUS;

ARCHAEA; THERMOCOCCUS;

EID: 33947317753     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.64597-0     Document Type: Article

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