Ignicoccus hospitalis sp. nov., the host of Nanoarchaeum equitans

• Main Authors: Paper, Walter, Jahn, Ulrike, Hohn, Michael J., Kronner, Michaela, Näther, Daniela J., Burghardt, Tillmann, Rachel, Reinhard, Stetter, Karl Otto, Huber, Harald
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: 570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie; ddc:570; Kolbeinsey; Kolbeinsey Ridge; Iceland
• Online Access: https://epub.uni-regensburg.de/13638/

A novel chemolithoautotrophic and hyperthermophilic member of the genus Ignicoccus was isolated from a submarine hydrothermal system at the Kolbeinsey Ridge, to the north of Iceland. The new isolate showed high similarity to the two species described to date, Ignicoccus islandicus and Ignicoccus pac...