Methanocaldococcus villosus sp. nov., a heavily flagellated archaeon that adheres to surfaces and forms cell-cell contacts

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1239-1245

  Bellack, Annett ^a   Huber, Harald ^a   Rachel, Reinhard ^a   Wanner, Gerhard ^b   Wirth, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBON DIOXIDE; DEUTERIUM; RIBOSOME RNA; SELENATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CONTACT; FLAGELLUM; GENE SEQUENCE; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS VILLOSUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

AUTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; BASE COMPOSITION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELL ADHESION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FLAGELLA; HOT SPRINGS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ICELAND; LOCOMOTION; METHANOCOCCALES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARCHAEA; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; METHANOCOCCALES; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 79958210527     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.023663-0     Document Type: Article

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