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A 31P-NMR study on multilamellar liposomes formed from the lipids of a thermophilic bacterium

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A Unique Pool of Compatible Solutes on Rhodopirellula baltica, Member of the Deep-Branching Phylum Planctomycetes ⬇️

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A gene from the mesophilic bacterium Dehalococcoides ethenogenes encodes a novel mannosylglycerate synthase

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A hot water supply as the source of Legionella pneumophila in incubators of a neonatology unit

scientific article published on 01 April 1990

A membrane-bound HIPIP type center in the thermohalophile Rhodothermus marinus

scientific article published on 01 October 1994

A new bacterial hydrolase specific for the compatible solutes α-d-mannopyranosyl-(1→2)-d-glycerate and α-d-glucopyranosyl-(1→2)-d-glycerate ⬇️

scientific article published on November 16, 2012

A new lineage of halophilic, wall-less, contractile bacteria from a brine-filled deep of the Red Sea

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A unique combination of genetic systems for the synthesis of trehalose in Rubrobacter xylanophilus: properties of a rare actinobacterial TreT.

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A unique glyceryl diglycoside identified in the thermophilic, radiation-resistant bacterium Rubrobacter xylanophilus

scientific article published on 3 January 2015

A variant of the hyperthermophile Archaeoglobus fulgidus adapted to grow at high salinity

scholarly article by L Gonçalves published in January 2003

A variant of the hyperthermophile Archaeoglobus fulgidus adapted to grow at high salinity.

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Actinomyces naturae sp. nov., the first Actinomyces sp. isolated from a non-human or animal source

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Albidovulum inexpectatum gen. nov., sp. nov., a nonphotosynthetic and slightly thermophilic bacterium from a marine hot spring that is very closely related to members of the photosynthetic genus Rhodovulum

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Alicyclobacillus hesperidum sp. nov. and a related genomic species from solfataric soils of São Miguel in the Azores

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Alterations in the major heterotrophic bacterial populations isolated from a still bottled mineral water

scientific article published on 01 November 1990

Ampullimonas aquatilis gen. nov., sp. nov. isolated from bottled mineral water

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Aquisphaera giovannonii gen. nov., sp. nov., a planctomycete isolated from a freshwater aquarium

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Bacillus foraminis sp. nov., isolated from a non-saline alkaline groundwater

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Bacillus isabeliae sp. nov., a halophilic bacterium isolated from a sea salt evaporation pond

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Bifunctional CTP:inositol-1-phosphate cytidylyltransferase/CDP-inositol:inositol-1-phosphate transferase, the key enzyme for di-myo-inositol-phosphate synthesis in several (hyper)thermophiles

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Biochemical characterization of the maltokinase from Mycobacterium bovis BCG

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Biosynthesis of mannosylglycerate in the thermophilic bacterium Rhodothermus marinus. Biochemical and genetic characterization of a mannosylglycerate synthase.

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Brooklawnia cerclae gen. nov., sp. nov., a propionate-forming bacterium isolated from chlorosolvent-contaminated groundwater

scientific article published in August 2006

Cecembia calidifontis sp. nov., isolated from a hot spring runoff, and emended description of the genus Cecembia

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Characterization of Legionella Species by Numerical Analysis of Whole-Cell Protein Electrophoresis

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Characterization of glycolipids from Meiothermus spp

scientific article published on 01 May 1999

Characterization of novel long-chain 1,2-diols in Thermus species and demonstration that Thermus strains contain both glycerol-linked and diol-linked glycolipids ⬇️

scientific article published on October 1, 1997

Characterization of the biosynthetic pathway of glucosylglycerate in the archaeon Methanococcoides burtonii

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Colonization of a therapeutic spa with Legionella spp: a public health issue.

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Combined effect of the growth temperature and salinity of the medium on the accumulation of compatible solutes by Rhodothermus marinus and Rhodothermus obamensis.

scientific article published in May 1999

Comparative genomic analysis of isolates belonging to the six species of the genus Thermus using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and ribotyping

scientific article published on 01 August 1997

Comparison of the compatible solute pool of two slightly halophilic planctomycetes species, Gimesia maris and Rubinisphaera brasiliensis

scientific article published on 9 August 2016

Compatible solutes of organisms that live in hot saline environments

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Compatible solutes of the hyperthermophile Palaeococcus ferrophilus: osmoadaptation and thermoadaptation in the order thermococcales

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Complete Genome Sequence of Tessaracoccus sp. Strain T2.5-30 Isolated from 139.5 Meters Deep on the Subsurface of the Iberian Pyritic Belt

scientific article published on 27 April 2017

Complete genome sequence of Dehalogenimonas lykanthroporepellens type strain (BL-DC-9(T)) and comparison to "Dehalococcoides" strains

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Complete genome sequence of the Radiation-Resistant bacterium Rubrobacter radiotolerans RSPS-4.

scientific article published on 29 March 2014

Computer-aided comparison of protein electrophoretic patterns for grouping and identification of heterotrophic bacteria from mineral water

scientific article published on 01 May 1996

Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of mannosyl-3-phosphoglycerate synthase from Rubrobacter xylanophilus

scientific article published on 31 July 2008

DNA:DNA hybridization and chemotaxonomic studies of Thermus scotoductus

scientific article published on 01 May 1995

Dehalogenimonas alkenigignens sp. nov., a chlorinated-alkane-dehalogenating bacterium isolated from groundwater

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Dehalogenimonas formicexedens sp. nov., a chlorinated alkane-respiring bacterium isolated from contaminated groundwater

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Dehalogenimonas lykanthroporepellens gen. nov., sp. nov., a reductively dehalogenating bacterium isolated from chlorinated solvent-contaminated groundwater

scientific article published on 22 July 2009

Deinococcus geothermalis sp. nov. and Deinococcus murrayi sp. nov., two extremely radiation-resistant and slightly thermophilic species from hot springs.

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Deinococcus peraridilitoris sp. nov., isolated from a coastal desert

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Demonstration of a novel glycolytic pathway in the hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus zilligii by (13)C-labeling experiments and nuclear magnetic resonance analysis.

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Description of Azospira restricta sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing bacterium isolated from groundwater

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Description of Idiomarina insulisalsae sp. nov., isolated from the soil of a sea salt evaporation pond, proposal to transfer the species of the genus Pseudidiomarina to the genus Idiomarina and emended description of the genus Idiomarina

scientific article published on 22 July 2009

Description of four novel psychrophilic, ionizing radiation-sensitive Deinococcus species from alpine environments

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Description of two new thermophilic species of the genus Rubrobacter, Rubrobacter calidifluminis sp. nov. and Rubrobacter naiadicus sp. nov., and emended description of the genus Rubrobacter and the species Rubrobacter bracarensis

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Determination of the structure of a novel glycolipid from Thermus aquaticus 15004 and demonstration that hydroxy fatty acids are amide linked to glycolipids in Thermus spp.

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Distribution of genes for synthesis of trehalose and Mannosylglycerate in Thermus spp. and direct correlation of these genes with halotolerance

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Diversity of bacteria and archaea from two shallow marine hydrothermal vents from Vulcano Island

scientific article published on 10 May 2017

Diversity, biological roles and biosynthetic pathways for sugar‐glycerate containing compatible solutes in bacteria and archaea ⬇️

scientific article published on December 22, 2010

Dokdonella fugitiva sp. nov., a Gammaproteobacterium isolated from potting soil

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Elioraea tepidiphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a slightly thermophilic member of the Alphaproteobacteria

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Extensive Diversity of Ionizing-Radiation-Resistant Bacteria Recovered from Sonoran Desert Soil and Description of Nine New Species of the Genus Deinococcus Obtained from a Single Soil Sample

scientific article published in 2005

Extensive diversity of ionizing-radiation-resistant bacteria recovered from Sonoran Desert soil and description of nine new species of the genus Deinococcus obtained from a single soil sample

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Extracellular alpha-amylase from Thermus filiformis Ork A2: purification and biochemical characterization.

scientific article published in January 1998

Functional and structural characterization of a novel mannosyl‐3‐phosphoglycerate synthase from Rubrobacter xylanophilus reveals its dual substrate specificity ⬇️

scientific article published on November 2, 2010

Gaiella occulta gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel representative of a deep branching phylogenetic lineage within the class Actinobacteria and proposal of Gaiellaceae fam. nov. and Gaiellales ord. nov.

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Gamma-proteobacteria Aquicella lusitana gen. nov., sp. nov., and Aquicella siphonis sp. nov. infect protozoa and require activated charcoal for growth in laboratory media

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Genome sequence of the organohalide-respiring Dehalogenimonas alkenigignens type strain (IP3-3(T)).

scientific article published on 23 June 2016

Genomic Typing and Fatty Acid Composition of Rhodothermus marinus

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Glucosylglycerate biosynthesis in the deepest lineage of the Bacteria: characterization of the thermophilic proteins GpgS and GpgP from Persephonella marina

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Halorhabdus rudnickae sp. nov., a halophilic archaeon isolated from a salt mine borehole in Poland.

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Halorhabdus tiamatea sp. nov., a non-pigmented, extremely halophilic archaeon from a deep-sea, hypersaline anoxic basin of the Red Sea, and emended description of the genus Halorhabdus

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Halorhabdus tiamatea: proteogenomics and glycosidase activity measurements identify the first cultivated euryarchaeon from a deep-sea anoxic brine lake as potential polysaccharide degrader

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Halotolerant Thermus Strains from Marine and Terrestrial Hot Springs Belong to Thermus thermophilus (ex Oshima and Imahori, 1974) nom. rev. emend

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Heliimonas saccharivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Chitinophagaceae isolated from a mineral water aquifer, and emended description of Filimonas lacunae

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Herminiimonas fonticola gen. nov., sp. nov., a Betaproteobacterium isolated from a source of bottled mineral water

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Heterotrophic plate counts and the isolation of bacteria from mineral waters on selective and enrichment media

scientific article published on 01 December 1990

High yield of mannosylglycerate production by upshock fermentation and bacterial milking of trehalose-deficient mutant Thermus thermophilus RQ-1

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Homeostasis of the membrane proton permeability in Bacillus subtilis grown at different temperatures.

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Hydrotalea sandarakina sp. nov., isolated from a hot spring runoff, and emended descriptions of the genus Hydrotalea and the species Hydrotalea flava

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Identification of the mycobacterial glucosyl-3-phosphoglycerate synthase

scientific journal article

Isolation and Characterization of Rhodothermus Strains from S. Miguel, Azores

scientific article published in 1992

Jeotgalibacillus soli sp. nov., a Gram-stain-positive bacterium isolated from soil

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Leucobacter chromiireducens sp. nov, and Leucobacter aridicollis sp. nov., two new species isolated from a chromium contaminated environment

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Leucobacter luti sp. nov., and Leucobacter alluvii sp. nov., two new species of the genus Leucobacter isolated under chromium stress

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Leuconostoc ficulneum sp. nov., a novel lactic acid bacterium isolated from a ripe fig, and reclassification of Lactobacillus fructosus as Leuconostoc fructosum comb. nov.

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Lysobacter silvestris sp. nov., isolated from alpine forest soil, and reclassification of Luteimonas tolerans as Lysobacter tolerans comb. nov.

scientific article published on 16 March 2018

Mannosylglucosylglycerate biosynthesis in the deep-branching phylum Planctomycetes: characterization of the uncommon enzymes from Rhodopirellula baltica

scientific article published on January 2013

Mannosylglycerate is essential for osmotic adjustment in Thermus thermophilus strains HB27 and RQ-1.

scientific article published on 29 August 2007

Mariniblastus fucicola gen. nov., sp. nov. a novel planctomycete associated with macroalgae.

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Marinobacter salsuginis sp. nov., isolated from the brine-seawater interface of the Shaban Deep, Red Sea.

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Meiothermus cerbereus sp. nov., a new slightly thermophilic species with high levels of 3-hydroxy fatty acids.

scientific article published on October 1997

Meiothermus granaticius sp. nov., a new slightly thermophilic red-pigmented species from the Azores

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Meiothermus rufus sp. nov., a new slightly thermophilic red-pigmented species and emended description of the genus Meiothermus

scientific article published on 4 July 2009

Meiothermus timidus sp. nov., a new slightly thermophilic yellow-pigmented species

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Microbial Contaminants of Cord Blood Units Identified by 16S rRNA Sequencing and by API Test System, and Antibiotic Sensitivity Profiling

scientific article published on 29 October 2015

Microbial diversity and dynamics of a groundwater and a still bottled natural mineral water

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Microcella alkaliphila sp. nov., a novel member of the family Microbacteriaceae isolated from a non-saline alkaline groundwater, and emended description of the genus Microcella

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Microcella putealis gen. nov., sp. nov., a gram-positive alkaliphilic bacterium isolated from a nonsaline alkaline groundwater

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Molecular and physiological role of the trehalose-hydrolyzing alpha-glucosidase from Thermus thermophilus HB27.

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Molecular evolution of Legionella pneumophila dotA gene, the contribution of natural environmental strains

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Molecular evolution of key genes for type II secretion in Legionella pneumophila

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis Rv2419c, the missing glucosyl-3-phosphoglycerate phosphatase for the second step in methylglucose lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis ⬇️

scientific article published on November 30, 2011

Mycobacterium tuberculosis glucosyl-3-phosphoglycerate synthase: structure of a key enzyme in methylglucose lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis

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Nakamurella silvestris sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from alpine forest soil

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Natrinema salaciae sp. nov., a halophilic archaeon isolated from the deep, hypersaline anoxic Lake Medee in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.

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Nevskia aquatilis sp. nov. and Nevskia persephonica sp. nov., isolated from a mineral water aquifer and the emended description of the genus Nevskia

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Nosocomiicoccus ampullae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the surface of bottles of saline solution used in wound cleansing

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Oceanicella actignis gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic slightly thermophilic member of the Alphaproteobacteria

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Organic solutes from thermophiles and hyperthermophiles

scientific article published in January 2001

Organic solutes in Rubrobacter xylanophilus: the first example of di-myo-inositol-phosphate in a thermophile

scientific article published on 18 May 2007

Osmotic adaptation of Thermus thermophilus RQ-1: lesson from a mutant deficient in synthesis of trehalose

scientific article published in October 2003

Palleronia abyssalis sp. nov., isolated from the deep Mediterranean Sea and the emended description of the genus Palleronia and of the species Palleronia marisminoris

scientific article published on 19 December 2014

Paucisalibacillus globulus gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gram-positive bacterium isolated from potting soil

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Pelosinus defluvii sp. nov., isolated from chlorinated solvent-contaminated groundwater, emended description of the genus Pelosinus and transfer of Sporotalea propionica to Pelosinus propionicus comb. nov.

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Phylogenetic Diversity of the Deinococci as Determined by 16S Ribosomal DNA Sequence Comparison

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Plasmid RFLP profiling and DNA homology inThermus isolated from hot springs of different geographical areas

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Polar lipids and fatty acid composition of Thermus strains from New Zealand

scientific article published in January 1994

Polyphasic evidence for the reclassification of Rhodothermus obamensis Sako et al. 1996 as a member of the species Rhodothermus marinus Alfredsson et al. 1988

scientific article published in July 2000

Porphyrobacter cryptus sp. nov., a novel slightly thermophilic, aerobic, bacteriochlorophyll a-containing species

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Presence and persistence of Legionella spp. in groundwater

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Propionicicella superfundia gen. nov., sp. nov., a chlorosolvent-tolerant propionate-forming, facultative anaerobic bacterium isolated from contaminated groundwater

scientific article published on 9 December 2005

Proposal of the suffix -ota to denote phyla. Addendum to 'Proposal to include the rank of phylum in the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes'.

scientific article published on 18 January 2018

Proposal to include the rank of phylum in the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes

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Proposed minimal standards for the use of genome data for the taxonomy of prokaryotes

scientific article published in January 2018

Psychromicrobium silvestre gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from alpine forest soils

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Pullulanibacillus uraniitolerans sp. nov., an acidophilic, U(VI)-resistant species isolated from an acid uranium mill tailing effluent and emended description of the genus Pullulanibacillus

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Raineya orbicola gen. nov., sp. nov. a slightly thermophilic bacterium of the phylum Bacteroidetes and the description of Raineyaceae fam. nov.

scientific article published on 10 January 2018

Relationship between Legionella spp. and antibody titres at a therapeutic thermal spa in Portugal

scientific article published on August 1995

Rhodopirellula lusitana sp. nov. and Rhodopirellula rubra sp. nov., isolated from the surface of macroalgae.

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Roseimaritima ulvae gen. nov., sp. nov. and Rubripirellula obstinata gen. nov., sp. nov. two novel planctomycetes isolated from the epiphytic community of macroalgae

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Rubritepida flocculans gen. nov., sp. nov., a new slightly thermophilic member of the alpha-1 subclass of the Proteobacteria

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Rubrobacter xylanophilus sp. nov., a New Thermophilic Species Isolated from a Thermally Polluted Effluent

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Salinicoccus salsiraiae sp. nov.: a new moderately halophilic gram-positive bacterium isolated from salted skate

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Salirhabdus euzebyi gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gram-positive, halotolerant bacterium isolated from a sea salt evaporation pond

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Schleiferia thermophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a slightly thermophilic bacterium of the phylum 'Bacteroidetes' and the proposal of Schleiferiaceae fam. nov.

scientific article published on 19 November 2010

Single-step pathway for synthesis of glucosylglycerate in Persephonella marina

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Solimicrobium silvestre gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from alpine forest soil

scientific article published on 25 June 2018

Specialized roles of the two pathways for the synthesis of mannosylglycerate in osmoadaptation and thermoadaptation of Rhodothermus marinus.

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Study of methanogenic enrichment cultures of rock cores from the deep subsurface of the Iberian Pyritic Belt.

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Survival of allochthonous bacteria in still mineral water bottled in polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and glass.

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Temporal accumulation of mannitol and arabitol in Geotrichum candidum

scientific article published on 01 May 1980

Tepidamorphus gemmatus gen. nov., sp. nov., a slightly thermophilic member of the Alphaproteobacteria

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Tepidicella xavieri gen. nov., sp. nov., a betaproteobacterium isolated from a hot spring runoff

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Tepidimonas aquatica sp. nov., a new slightly thermophilic beta-proteobacterium isolated from a hot water tank

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Tepidimonas ignava gen. nov., sp. nov., a new chemolithoheterotrophic and slightly thermophilic member of the beta-Proteobacteria

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Tepidimonas thermarum sp. nov., a new slightly thermophilic betaproteobacterium isolated from the Elisenquelle in Aachen and emended description of the genus Tepidimonas

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The Polar Lipid and Fatty Acid Composition of Rhodothermus Strains

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The bacterium Thermus thermophilus, like hyperthermophilic archaea, uses a two-step pathway for the synthesis of mannosylglycerate

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The biosynthesis of trehalose and sugar-glycerate compatible solutes in organisms that live in hot and saline environments

scholarly article published 2013

The high-affinity maltose/trehalose ABC transporter in the extremely thermophilic bacterium Thermus thermophilus HB27 also recognizes sucrose and palatinose

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The plant Selaginella moellendorffii possesses enzymes for synthesis and hydrolysis of the compatible solutes mannosylglycerate and glucosylglycerate.

scientific article published on 20 November 2012

The role of the nitrate respiration element of Thermus thermophilus in the control and activity of the denitrification apparatus

scientific article published on 01 February 2008

Thermomonas hydrothermalis sp. nov., a new slightly thermophilic gamma-proteobacterium isolated from a hot spring in central Portugal

scientific article published in March 2003

Thermonema rossianum sp. nov., a new thermophilic and slightly halophilic species from saline hot springs in Naples, Italy

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Thermophiles as potential source of novel endotoxin antagonists: the full structure and bioactivity of the lipo-oligosaccharide from Thermomonas hydrothermalis

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Thermus igniterrae sp. nov. and Thermus antranikianii sp. nov., two new species from Iceland

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Thermus silvanus sp. nov. and Thermus chliarophilus sp. nov., two new species related to thermus ruber but with lower growth temperatures

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To be or not to be a compatible solute: bioversatility of mannosylglycerate and glucosylglycerate

scientific article published on 02 July 2008

Transfer of Thermus ruber (Loginova et al. 1984), Thermus silvanus (Tenreiro et al. 1995), and Thermus chliarophilus (Tenreiro et al. 1995) to Meiothermus gen. nov. as Meiothermus ruber comb. nov., Meiothermus silvanus comb. nov., and Meiothermus ...

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Trehalose biosynthesis in Thermus thermophilus RQ-1: biochemical properties of the trehalose-6-phosphate synthase and trehalose-6-phosphate phosphatase

scientific article published on 29 September 2004

Truepera radiovictrix gen. nov., sp. nov., a new radiation resistant species and the proposal of Trueperaceae fam. nov.

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Two alternative pathways for the synthesis of the rare compatible solute mannosylglucosylglycerate in Petrotoga mobilis ⬇️

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