Phylogenetic Evidence for the Existence of Thermophilic Bact

The hot spring sulfur-turf microbial mats of Japan have long been of interest because of their conspicuous appearance. However, the community structure of the mats has yet to be investigated in detail mainly because of the difficulty in cultivating mat-building thermophilic prokaryotes. Microbial mats in thermal habitats have been studied extensively as a peculiar microbial community of the ecosystem, in relation to the phylogeny and evolution of thermophilic prokaryotes, or as a source of new …

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