Methylothermus subterraneus sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic methanotroph isolated from a terrestrial subsurface hot aquifer

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2646-2653

  Hirayama, Hisako ^a   Suzuki, Yohey ^b   Abe, Mariko ^a   Miyazaki, Masayuki ^a   Makita, Hiroko ^a   Inagaki, Fumio ^a   Uematsu, Katsuyuki ^c   Takai, Ken ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c MARINE WORKS JAPAN LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; FATTY ACID;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; METHYLOTHERMUS SUBTERRANEUS; METHYLOTHERMUS THERMALIS; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASE COMPOSITION; DNA, BACTERIAL; FATTY ACIDS; HOT SPRINGS; HOT TEMPERATURE; METHANE; METHANOL; METHYLOCOCCACEAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COCCOIDEA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; METHYLOTHERMUS; METHYLOTHERMUS THERMALIS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 80355132408     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.028092-0     Document Type: Article

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