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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, March 2006, p. 2268-2271, Vol. 72, No. 3
0099-2240/06/$08.00+0 doi:10.1128/AEM.72.3.2268-2271.2006
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Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, UMR 6197, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Ifremer & Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer, 29280 Plouzané,1 Equipe Diversité et Evolution Microbiennes, Unité d'Ecologie, Systématique & Evolution, UMR 8079, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay, France2
Received 25 July 2005/ Accepted 28 December 2005
We present a comparative analysis of two genome fragments isolated from a diverse and widely distributed group of uncultured euryarchaea from deep-sea hydrothermal vents. The optimal activity and thermostability of a DNA polymerase predicted in one fragment were close to that of the thermophilic archaeon Thermoplasma acidophilum, providing evidence for a thermophilic way of life of this group of uncultured archaea.
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