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Psychromonas kaikoae sp. nov., a novel from the deepest piezophilic bacterium cold-seep sediments in the Japan Trench.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Sept 2002
Nogi Yuichi, Kato Chiaki, Horikoshi Koki
Abstract excerpt
Two strains of obligately piezophilic bacteria were isolated from sediment collected from the deepest cold-seep environment with chemosynthesis-based animal communities within the Japan Trench, at a depth of 7434 m. The isolated strains, JT7301 and JT7304T, were closely affiliated with members of the genus Psychromonas on the basis of 16S rDNA sequence analysis. Hybridization values for DNA-DNA relatedness...
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