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.
Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Toyo University, Japan.
Shizuka
S
Arakawa
Yuichi
Y
Nogi
Takako
T
Sato
Yasuhiko
Y
Yoshida
Ron
R
Usami
Chiaki
C
Kato
D044822:Biodiversity; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000382:microbiology; D007564:Japan; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D010802:Phylogeny; D011312:Pressure; D012623:Seawater / Q000382:microbiology*; D014871:Water Microbiology