The chromosome copy number of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus kodakarensis KOD1

Extremophiles

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 741-750

  Spaans, Sebastiaan K ^a   van der Oost, John ^a   Kengen, Servé W M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Archaea; Chromosome copy number; Euryarcheaota; Genome copy number; Polyploidy; Thermococcus kodakarensis

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; GENETICS; METABOLISM; THERMOCOCCUS;

CHROMOSOMES, ARCHAEAL; THERMOCOCCUS;

EID: 84937979113     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-015-0750-5     Document Type: Article

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