Sulfolobus tengchongensis sp. nov., a novel thermoacidophilic archaeon isolated from a hot spring in Tengchong, China

Extremophiles

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 493-498

  Xiang, Xiaoyu ^a   Dong, Xiuzhu ^a   Huang, Li ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Archaea; Crenarchaeote; Phylogeny; Sulfolobus tengchongensis; Thermoacidophile

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; SULFOLOBUS; SULFOLOBUS TENGCHONGENSIS;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA PROBE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PH; PHYLOGENY; SULFOLOBUS; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL SPRING; THERMODYNAMICS;

BASE COMPOSITION; CHINA; DNA PROBES; HOT SPRINGS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PHYLOGENY; SULFOLOBUS; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 4544298512     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-003-0355-2     Document Type: Article

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