Thermosipho globiformans sp. nov., an anaerobic thermophilic bacterium that transforms into multicellular spheroids with a defect in peptidoglycan formation

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1622-1627

  Kuwabara, Tomohiko ^a   Kawasaki, Akitomo ^a   Uda, Ikuko ^b   Sugai, Akihiko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; GENOMIC DNA; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; RNA 16S; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THIOSULFATE; FATTY ACID; SEA WATER;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MULTICELLULAR SPHEROID; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PH; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMOSIPHO GLOBIFORMANS; THERMOTOGALES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THERMOSIPHO; THERMOTOGALES;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE COMPOSITION; DNA, BACTERIAL; FATTY ACIDS; GRAM-NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC STRAIGHT, CURVED, AND HELICAL RODS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 79960174503     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.025106-0     Document Type: Article

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