| sulfolobus tengchongensis sp. nov., a novel thermoacidophilic archaeon isolated from a hot spring in tengchong, china. | a novel thermoacidophilic strain, designated rt8-4, was isolated from an acidic hot spring in tengchong, yunnan, china, and characterized phenotypically and phylogenetically. cells of strain rt8-4 are irregular cocci with peritrechous flagella. the strain grows aerobically in either a lithotrophic or a heterotrophic mode. no anaerobic growth is apparent. growth on elemental sulfur occurs through the oxidation of sulfur. strain rt8-4 is capable of utilizing tryptone, d-xylose, d-arabinose, d-gala ... | 2003 | 12955604 |