Thermococcus guaymasensis sp. nov. and Thermococcus aggregans sp. nov., two novel thermophilic archaea isolated from the Guaymas Basin hydrothermal vent site

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作者
Canganella, F
Jones, WJ
Gambacorta, A
Antranikian, G
机构
[1] Univ Tuscia, Dept Agrobiol & Agrochem, I-01100 Viterbo, Italy
[2] US EPA, Ecosyst Res Div, Athens, Greece
[3] CNR, Inst Chem Interesting Biol Mol, ICMIB, Arco Felice, Na, Italy
[4] Tech Univ Hamburg Harburg, Dept Biotechnol 1, Hamburg, Germany
来源
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC BACTERIOLOGY | 1998年 / 48卷
关键词
Thermococcus; archaea; hydrothermal vents;
D O I
10.1099/00207713-48-4-1181
中图分类号
Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Thermococcus strains TYST and TYT isolated from the Guaymas Basin hydrothermal vent site and previously described were compared by DNA-DNA hybridization analysis with the closest Thermococcus species in terms of physiology and nutritional aspects. On the basis of the new data and taking into consideration the molecular, physiological and morphological traits published previously, it is proposed that strains TYT and TYST should be classified as new species named Thermococcus aggregans sp. nov. and Thermococcus guaymasensis sp. nov., respectively. The type strain of T. aggregans is strain TYT (= DSM 10597(T)) and the type strain of T. guaymasensis is strain TYST (= DSM 11113(T)).
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页码:1181 / 1185
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