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Thermococcus litoralis sp. nov. A new species of extremely thermophilic marine archaebacteria

  • Annemarie Neuner*
  • , Holger W. Jannasch
  • , Shimshon Belkin
  • , Karl O. Stetter
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We describe a new species, Thermococcus litoralis, which is different from the type species Thermococcus celer in molecular, morphological and physiological characteristics.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)205-207
Number of pages3
JournalArchives of Microbiology
Volume153
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1990
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Archaebacteria
  • Extreme thermophile
  • Pyrococcus
  • Thermococcus

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