Pyrococcus CH1, an obligate piezophilic hyperthermophile: Extending the upper pressure-temperature limits for life

ISME Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 873-876

  Zeng, Xiang ^a,c,f   Birrien, Jean Louis ^a   Fouquet, Yves ^b   Cherkashov, Georgy ^d   Jebbar, Mohamed ^a   Querellou, Joël ^a   Oger, Philippe ^e   Cambon Bonavita, Marie Anne ^a   Xiao, Xiang ^c   Prieur, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

^d VNIIOKEANGEOLOGIA   (Russian Federation)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^f XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Archaea; Deep sea hydrothermal vent; Extremophile; High hydrostatic pressure; Thermococcales

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; EURYARCHAEOTA; PYROCOCCUS; THERMOCOCCALES; VINDULA ARSINOE;

ARCHAEAL DNA; ARCHAEAL RNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HEAT; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PYROCOCCUS; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THERMAL SPRING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; HOT SPRINGS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PYROCOCCUS; RNA, ARCHAEAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 67949103703     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2009.21     Document Type: Article

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