Thermus arciformis sp. nov., a thermophilic species from a geothermal area

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 834-839

  Zhang, Xin Qi ^a   Ying, Yi ^a   Ye, Ying ^b   Xu, Xue Wei ^c   Zhu, Xu Fen ^a   Wu, Min ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMUS; THERMUS AQUATICUS; THERMUS ARCIFORMIS; THERMUS IGNITERRAE; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHINA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FATTY ACIDS; GENES, RRNA; GENOTYPE; HOT SPRINGS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THERMUS;

NEGIBACTERIA; THERMUS; THERMUS AQUATICUS; THERMUS IGNITERRAE; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 77950618404     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.007690-0     Document Type: Article

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