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Preceptrol®
no
Type Strain
yes
(type strain)
Comments
Harbors small and large plasmids
Medium
ATCC® Medium 461: Castenholz TYE medium
Growth Conditions
Temperature: 55.0°C
Name of Depositor
NCIMB
Chain of Custody
ATCC <<--NCIMB<<--M.S. da Costa SPS17
References
Williams RA, et al. Thermus oshimai sp. nov., isolated from hot springs in Portugal, Iceland, and the Azores, and comment on the concept of a limited geographical distribution of Thermus species. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 46: 403-408, 1996. PubMed: 8934898
Moreira LM, et al. Comparative genomic analysis of isolates belonging to the six species of the genus Thermus using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and ribotyping. Arch. Microbiol. 168: 92-101, 1997. PubMed: 9238100
Moreira LM, Sa-Correia I. Megaplasmids in Thermus oshimai isolates from two widely separated geographical areas: restriction fragment profiling and DNA homology. Arch. Microbiol. 168: 473-479, 1997. PubMed: 9385138
