Tetramitus thermacidophilus n. sp., an amoeboflagellate from acidic hot springs

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 201-206

  Baumgartner, Manuela ^a   Eberhardt, Silvia ^a   De Jonckheere, Johan F ^b,c   Stetter, Karl O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^c DE DUVE INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acidophilic; ITS; Monoxenic culture; SSU rRNA; Thermophilic; Vahlkampfiidae

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; PROTOZOAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S;

ACID WATER; ACIDITY; FLAGELLATE; GENE EXPRESSION; ISOLATED POPULATION; LOCOMOTION; MORPHOLOGY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; TAXONOMY; THERMAL SPRING;

ACIDIANUS; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; HEAT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PH; PHYLOGENY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCHIZOPYRENIDA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL SPRING;

ACIDIANUS; BASE SEQUENCE; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; HOT SPRINGS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ITALY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RUSSIA; SCHIZOPYRENIDA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TEMPERATURE;

EURASIA; KAMCHATKA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UZON CALDERA;

ACIDIANUS; ACIDIANUS BRIERLEYI; AMOEBA (GENUS); ARCHAEA; TETRAMITUS; TETRAMITUS THERMACIDOPHILUS; VAHLKAMPFIIDAE;

EID: 64249116321     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2009.00390.x     Document Type: Article

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