Thermococcus thioreducens sp. nov., a novel hyperthermophilic, obligately sulfur-reducing archaeon from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1612-1618

  Pikuta, Elena V ^a   Marsic, Damien ^b   Itoh, Takashi ^c   Bej, Asim K ^d   Tang, Jane ^e   Whitman, William B ^f   Ng, Joseph D ^b   Garriott, Owen K ^b   Hoover, Richard B ^a  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^c RIKEN BIORESOURCE CENTER   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL DNA; CASAMINO ACID; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CYTOSINE; FERRIC ION; GENTAMICIN; GUANINE; KANAMYCIN; NITRATE; PEPTONE; RIFAMPICIN; RNA 16S; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFATE; SULFITE; SULFUR; TETRACYCLINE; THIOSULFATE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP SEA; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; FLAGELLUM; HETEROTROPHY; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; HYPERTHERMOPHILIC ARCHAEON; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOCOCCUS; THERMOCOCCUS COALESCENS; THERMOCOCCUS THIOREDUCENS; YEAST;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BASE COMPOSITION; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FLAGELLA; GENES, RRNA; HOT SPRINGS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LOCOMOTION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRATES; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PEPTONES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, ARCHAEAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFUR; TEMPERATURE; THERMOCOCCUS;

ARCHAEA; COCCOIDEA; THERMOCOCCUS;

EID: 34547263921     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.65057-0     Document Type: Article

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