Enrichment and Phylogenetic Analysis of Moderately Thermophilic Myxobacteria from Hot Springs in Japan

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 189-199

  Iizuka, Takashi ^a   Tokura, Mitsunori ^a   Jojima, Yasuko ^a   Hiraishi, Akira ^b   Yamanaka, Shigeru ^a,c   Fudou, Ryosuke ^a  

^a AJINOMOTO CO INC   (Japan)

^b TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

gliding bacteria; hot springs; microbial mats; moderately thermophilic myxobacteria; Sorangineae

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977993704     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.21.189     Document Type: Article

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