Thiomicrospira thermophila sp. nov., a novel microaerobic, thermotolerant, sulfur-oxidizing chemolithomixotroph isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal fumarole in the TOTO caldera, Mariana Arc, Western Pacific

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2325-2333

  Takai, Ken ^a   Hirayama, Hisako ^a   Nakagawa, Tatsunori ^a   Suzuki, Yohey ^a   Nealson, Kenneth H ^a,b   Horikoshi, Koki ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL DNA; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ELEMENT; GENOMIC DNA; KANAMYCIN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXYGEN; PROTEIN; RIFAMPICIN; RNA 16S; STREPTOMYCIN; SUGAR; SULFIDE; SULFUR; THIOSULFATE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CARBON SOURCE; CELL MOTILITY; CELL POLARITY; CELL SHAPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP SEA; DNA CONTENT; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY RESOURCE; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENUS; GRAM NEGATIVE AEROBIC RODS AND COCCI; GRAM NEGATIVE CHEMOLITHOTROPHIC AND METHANE PRODUCING BACTERIA; HEAT TOLERANCE; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MIXOTROPHY; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PH; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THIOMICROSPIRA CRUNOGENA; THIOMICROSPIRA THERMOPHILA;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE COMPOSITION; CARBON DIOXIDE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FLAGELLA; GENES, RRNA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOVEMENT; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYLOGENY; PISCIRICKETTSIACEAE; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TEMPERATURE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THIOMICROSPIRA; THIOMICROSPIRA CRUNOGENA; THIOMICROSPIRA SP.; THIOMICROSPIRA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 9744273114     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.63284-0     Document Type: Article

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