Halosarcina pallida gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic archaeon from a low-salt, sulfide-rich spring

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 856-860

  Savage, Kristen N ^a   Krumholz, Lee R ^a   Oren, Aharon ^b   Elshahed, Mostafa S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; DNA; GLYCOLIPID; GUANOSINE; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFIDE; ARCHAEAL DNA; ARCHAEAL RNA; FRESH WATER; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DNA CONTENT; GENE SEQUENCE; HALOBACTERIALES; HALOBACTERIUM; HALOGEOMETRICUM BORINQUENSE; HALOPHILIC ARCHAEON; HALOSARCINA PALLIDA; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; UNITED STATES; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; SALINITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ARCHAEA; HALOBACTERIACEAE; HALOBACTERIALES; HALOGEOMETRICUM BORINQUENSE; SARCINA;

BASE COMPOSITION; DNA, ARCHAEAL; FRESH WATER; GENES, ARCHAEAL; HALOBACTERIACEAE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OKLAHOMA; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, ARCHAEAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SALINITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SULFIDES;

EID: 42949116206     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.65398-0     Document Type: Article

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