Hydrothermal sediments in mid-Okinawa Trough, Japan
By F Inagaki, 2002
Biosafety Level
1
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Product Format
freeze-dried
Preceptrol®
no
Type Strain
yes
(Fumio Inagaki, personal communication)
Medium
ATCC® Medium 2690: MJ Base and Sea Water Medium, BAA-797
Growth Conditions
Temperature: 26-30°C
Atmosphere: Anaerobic or microaerophilic
Name of Depositor
F Inagaki
Special Collection
NSF - Bacteriology
Year of Origin
2002
References
Takai K, et al. Isolation and phylogenetic diversity of members of previously uncultivated epsilon-Proteobacteria in deep-sea hydrothermal fields. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 218: 167-174, 2003. PubMed: 12583914
deep-sea hydrothermal sediments from white microbial mat, mid-Okinama Trough
Fumio Inagaki, personal communication
Inagaki F, Takai K, Nealson KH, Horikoshi K. Sulfurovum lithotrophicum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel sulfur-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph within the epsilon-Proteobacteria isolated from Okinawa Trough hydrothermal sediments. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 54(Pt 5): 1477-1482, 2004. PubMed: 15388698
