Reclassification of the strains with low g+c contents of dna belonging to the genus gluconobacter ASAI 1935 (Acetobacteraceae)

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 989-992

  Tanaka, Machiko ^a   Murakami, Shuichiro ^a   Shinke, Ryu ^a   Aoki, Kenji ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gluconobacter; Gluconobacter asaii; Gluconobacter cerinus; Gluconobacter frateuri; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001470003     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.63.989     Document Type: Article

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