Thermocrinis minervae sp. nov., a hydrogen- and sulfur-oxidizing, thermophilic member of the Aquificales from a Costa Rican terrestrial hot spring

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 338-343

  Caldwell, Sara L ^a   Liu, Yitai ^a   Ferrera, Isabel ^b   Beveridge, Terry ^c   Reysenbach, Anna Louise ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFICALES; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COSTA RICA; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THERMAL SPRING; THERMOCRINIS MINERVAE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

BASE COMPOSITION; COSTA RICA; DNA, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HOT SPRINGS; HYDROGEN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SULFUR; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

AQUIFICALES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; THERMOCRINIS; THERMOCRINIS RUBER;

EID: 76549120765     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.010496-0     Document Type: Article

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