Identification of anaerobic thermophilic Thermococcus dominant in enrichment cultures from a hydrothermal vent sediment of Tofua arc
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Title
- Identification of anaerobic thermophilic Thermococcus dominant in enrichment cultures from a hydrothermal vent sediment of Tofua arc
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Author(s)
- Cha, I.-T.; Park, S.-J.; Kim, J.-G.; Jung, M.-Y.; Kim, S.-J.; Ju, S.-J.; Kwon, K.K.; Rhee, S.-K.
- KIOST Author(s)
- Ju, Se Jong(주세종); Kwon, Kae Kyoung(권개경)
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Alternative Author(s)
- 주세종; 권개경
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Publication Year
- 2012
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Abstract
- Hydrothermal vents (HTV) provide special environments for evolution of lives independent on solar energy. HTV samples were gained from Tofua arc trench in Tonga, South Pacific. We investigated archaeal diversity enriched using combinations of various electron donors (yeast extract and H2) and electron acceptors [Iron (III), elemental sulfur (S0) and nitrate. PCR amplification was performed to detect archaeal 16S rRNA genes after the cultures were incubated 65°C and 80°C for 2 weeks. The cultures showing archaeal growth were transferred using the dilution-to-extinction method. 16S rRNA gene PCR-Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis was used to identify the enriched archaea in the highest dilutions where archaeal growth was observed. Most of cultured archaea belonged to genus of Thermococcus (T. alcaliphilius, T. litoralis, T. celer, T. barossii, T. thoreducens, T. coalescens) with 98-99% 16S rRNA gene similarities. Interestingly, archaeal growth was observed in the cultures with Iron (III) and nitrate as an electron acceptor. It was supposed that archaea might use the elemental sulfur generated from oxidation of the reducing agent, sulfide. To cultivate diverse archaea excluding Thermococcus, it would be required to use other reducing agents instead of sulfide. © 2012, The Microbiological Society of Korea.
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ISSN
- 0440-2413
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URI
- https://sciwatch.kiost.ac.kr/handle/2020.kiost/3718
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DOI
- 10.7845/kjm.2012.48.1.042
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Bibliographic Citation
- Korean Journal of Microbiology, v.48, no.1, pp.42 - 47, 2012
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Publisher
- Microbiological Society of Korea
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Keywords
- Anaerobic archaea; Enrichment culture; Extinction dilution culture; Hydrothermal vent; Thermococcus
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Type
- Article
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Language
- Korean
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Document Type
- Article
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