"Thermotoga maritima" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A rod-shaped bacterium surrounded by a sheath-like structure which protrudes balloon-like beyond the ends of the cell. It is thermophilic, with growth occurring at temperatures as high as 90 degrees C. It is isolated from geothermally heated marine sediments or hot springs. (From Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 9th ed)
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D020124
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.440.425.410.750
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Thermotoga maritima" by people in Profiles.
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The mechanism of type IA topoisomerases. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 Sep 17; 99(19):12126-31.