Reclassification of Desulfovibrio desulfuricans Norway 4 as Desulfomicrobium norvegicum comb. nov. and confirmation of Desulfomicrobium escambiense (corrig., formerly 'escambium') as a new species in the genus Desulfomicrobium

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 889-892

  Sharak Genthner, Barbara R ^a,b   Friedman, Stephanie D ^a,b,c   Devereux, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DESULFOVIBRIO; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOMICROBIUM; DESULFOMICROBIUM APSHERONUM; DESULFOMICROBIUM BACULATUM; DESULFOMICROBIUM ESCAMBIENSE; DESULFOMICROBIUM NORVEGICUM; DESULFOVIBRIO; DESULFOVIBRIO DESULFURICANS;

EID: 0011334155     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-47-3-889     Document Type: Article

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