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Product Format
freeze-dried
Preceptrol®
no
Type Strain
no
Comments
Growth on long-chain hydrocarbons
Medium
ATCC® Medium 1554: Mineral salts (L-salts) for thermophiles
Growth Conditions
Temperature: 55.0°C
Name of Depositor
JJ Perry
Special Collection
National Park Service Special Collection (NPS)
Geographical Isolation
Yellowstone National Park
References
Merkel GJ, et al. Isolation of thermophilic bacteria capable of growth solely in long-chain hydrocarbons.. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 3: 81-83, 1978.
Zarilla KA, Perry JJ. Deoxyribonucleic acid homology and other comparisons among obligately thermophilic hydrocarbonoclstic bacteria, with a proposal for Thermoleophilum minutum sp. nov.. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 36: 13-16, 1986.
Zarilla KA, Perry JJ. Thermoleophilum album, new genus new species, a bacterium obligate for thermophily and n-alkane substrates. Arch. Microbiol. 137: 286-290, 1984.
mud from effluent streams near Great Fountain Geyser, Yellowstone National Park
