Metagenomics of kamchatkan hot spring filaments reveal two new major (hyper) thermophilic lineages related to thaumarchaeota

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 164, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 425-438

  Eme, Laura ^a,d   Reigstad, Laila J ^b   Spang, Anja ^c   Lanzén, Anders ^b   Weinmaier, Thomas ^c   Rattei, Thomas ^c   Schleper, Christa ^b,c   Brochier Armanet, Céline ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidation; Archaea; Caldiarchaeum subterraneum; Hot thaumarchaeota related clade; Hyperthermophily; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; LARGE SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 5S; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEAL GENOME; ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; CRENARCHAEOTA; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; GENE CLUSTER; HYDROGEN BOND; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYLUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE; THAUMARCHAEOTA; THERMAL SPRING;

ARCHAEA; BIOTA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HOT SPRINGS; METAGENOME; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RUSSIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ARCHAEA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84878665978     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2013.02.006     Document Type: Article

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