Morphological variation of new Thermoplasma acidophilum isolates from Japanese hot springs.

Applied and environmental microbiology ·Vol. 61 ·No. 9 ·1995-09-00 ·Pages 3482-5

Yasuda M, Oyaizu H, Yamagishi A, Oshima T

Abstract

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 novobiocin-resistant mutant was obtained by spontaneous mutation.

MeSH Terms

Base Composition Base Sequence DNA Primers/genetics DNA, Bacterial/chemistry,genetics Drug Resistance, Microbial/genetics Hot Temperature Japan Metals/pharmacology Microscopy, Electron Microscopy, Electron, Scanning Mineral Waters Molecular Sequence Data Mutation Novobiocin/pharmacology RNA, Bacterial/genetics RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics Thermoplasma/genetics,isolation & purification,ultrastructure Water Microbiology

Chemicals

DNA Primers DNA, Bacterial Metals Mineral Waters RNA, Bacterial RNA, Ribosomal, 16S Novobiocin

Authors & Affiliations

4 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Yasuda M

Department of Life Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan.

Oyaizu H

Yamagishi A

Oshima T

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Article Info

Journal

Applied and environmental microbiology

Abbr.

Appl Environ Microbiol

ISSN

0099-2240

DOI

10.1128/aem.61.9.3482-3485.1995

Published

1995-09-00

Pages

3482-5

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

7605801

PMCID

PMC167629

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/aem.61.9.3482-3485.1995 PMC Full Text View journal details

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