| the microbial ecology of a high-temperature near-neutral spring situated in rotorua, new zealand. | a combination of both culture and culture-independent techniques were used to investigate the microbial ecology of a near-neutral, high-temperature hot spring (designated aq1) in rotorua, new zealand. the active microbial members of the community were targeted by analyzing biofilms that developed on surfaces incubated in situ in aq1. colonization of surfaces was rapid as indicated by atp assay and microscopic observation. dna-based analysis of both colonized surfaces and pool water from aq1 reve ... | 2008 | 17207984 |
| ignisphaera aggregans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel hyperthermophilic crenarchaeote isolated from hot springs in rotorua and tokaanu, new zealand. | consortia containing a novel coccus-shaped, anaerobic heterotroph together with pyrobaculum rods were cultivated from geothermal environments in new zealand. pure cultures of the cocci were only obtained from one such consortium, despite extensive attempts. cells of this strain (aq1.s1t) were regular to irregular cocci in morphology and occasionally formed large aggregates, especially when utilizing polysaccharides such as konjac glucomannan as a carbon source. strain aq1.s1t is a hyperthermophi ... | 2006 | 16627639 |