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Morphological variation of new Thermoplasma acidophilum isolates from Japanese hot springs
M Yasuda1, H Oyaizu, A Yamagishi
1Department of Life Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
|September 1, 1995
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.