Diversity of piezophilic microorganisms in the closed ocean Japan Sea.
Deep-sea sediment samples were collected at a depth of 3,064 m in the Japan Sea. Microorganisms in the sediment sample were cultivated under several pressure conditions, and the high-pressure adapted microbes were isolated. Two of the isolates exhibited piezophilic growth profiles. This is the first report to show the presence of piezophiles in the Japan Sea.
Arakawa
Shizuka
S
Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Toyo University, Japan.
Nogi
Yuichi
Y
Sato
Takako
T
Yoshida
Yasuhiko
Y
Usami
Ron
R
Kato
Chiaki
C
D044822:Biodiversity; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000382:microbiology; D007564:Japan; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D010802:Phylogeny; D011312:Pressure; D012623:Seawater / Q000382:microbiology*; D014871:Water Microbiology