Article
Morphological variation of new Thermoplasma acidophilum isolates from Japanese hot springs.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Sept 1995
Yasuda M, Oyaizu H, Yamagishi A, Oshima T
Abstract excerpt
We isolated 12 strains of Thermoplasma acidophilum from hot springs in Hakone, Japan. T. acidophilum strains showed morphological variation in the crystal-like structure in the cell and the fibrous structure on the cell surface. Two strains tested were sensitive to novobiocin. However, a novobioc...
Topics
- Base Composition
- Base Sequence
- DNA Primers
- DNA, Bacterial
- Drug Resistance, Microbial
- Hot Temperature
- Japan
- Metals
- Microscopy, Electron
- Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
- Mineral Waters
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Novobiocin
- RNA, Bacterial
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
- Thermoplasma
- Water Microbiology