A molecular and physiological survey of a diverse collection of hydrothermal vent Thermococcus and Pyrococcus isolates

Extremophiles

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 905-915

  Teske, Andreas ^a   Edgcomb, Virginia ^b   Rivers, Adam R ^b,c   Thompson, Janelle R ^b,c   Gomez, Alvin de Vera ^b,d   Molyneaux, Stephen J ^b   Wirsen, Carl O ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep sea hyperthermophiles; Isolation and characterization; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MEXICO; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PYROCOCCUS; RIBOTYPING; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL SPRING; THERMOCOCCUS;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HOT SPRINGS; MARINE BIOLOGY; MEXICO; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PYROCOCCUS; RIBOTYPING; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOCOCCUS;

ARCHAEA; PYROCOCCUS; THERMOCOCCUS;

EID: 70350644763     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-009-0278-7     Document Type: Article

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