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Vulcanithermus mediatlanticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Thermaceae from a deep-sea hot vent.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Jul 2003
Miroshnichenko M L, L'Haridon S, Nercessian O, Antipov A N, Kostrikina N A, Tindall B J, Schumann P, Spring S, Stackebrandt E, Bonch-Osmolovskaya E A, Jeanthon C
Abstract excerpt
A novel thermophilic, microaerophilic, facultatively chemolithoheterotrophic bacterium designated strain TR(T) was isolated from a sample of a deep-sea hydrothermal chimney collected at the Rainbow vent field on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (36 degrees 14'N). Gram-negative, non-spore-forming, non-motile rods occurred singly or in pairs. The organism grew in the temperature range 37-80 degrees C with an optimum at 70...
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