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Distribution and diversity of symbiotic thermophiles, Symbiobacterium thermophilum and related bacteria, in natural environments.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Sept 2001
Ueda K, Ohno M, Yamamoto K, Nara H, Mori Y, Shimada M, Hayashi M, Oida H, Terashima Y, Nagata M, Beppu T
Abstract excerpt
Symbiobacterium thermophilum is a tryptophanase-positive thermophile which shows normal growth only in coculture with its supporting bacteria. Analysis of the 16S rRNA gene (rDNA) indicated that the bacterium belongs to a novel phylogenetic branch at the outermost position of the gram-positive bacterial group without clustering to any other known genus. Here we describe the distribution and diversity of S....
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