Thermococcus marinus sp. nov. and Thermococcus radiotolerans sp. nov., two hyperthermophilic archaea from deep-sea hydrothermal vents that resist ionizing radiation

Extremophiles

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 219-227

  Jolivet, Edmond ^a,d   Corre, Erwan ^b   L'Haridon, Stéphane ^a   Forterre, Patrick ^c   Prieur, Daniel ^a  

^a INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

^c INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY OF THE CELL I2BC   (France)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaea; Deep sea hydrothermal vent; Hyperthermophile; Radioresistance; Thermococcus

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; THERMOCOCCUS; THERMOCOCCUS CELER; THERMOCOCCUS GAMMATOLERANS; THERMOCOCCUS GORGONARIUS; THERMOCOCCUS GUAYMASENSIS; THERMOCOCCUS HYDROTHERMALIS; THERMOCOCCUS MARINUS; THERMOCOCCUS PROFUNDUS; THERMOCOCCUS RADIOTOLERANS;

ARCHAEAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; SEA WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GAMMA RADIATION; GENETICS; HEAT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THERMOCOCCUS;

BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DRUG RESISTANCE; GAMMA RAYS; HEAT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RADIATION TOLERANCE; SEAWATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THERMOCOCCUS;

EID: 4644265993     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-004-0380-9     Document Type: Article

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