Seven novel species of Acinetobacter isolated from activated sludge

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 953-963

  Carr, Emma L ^a   Kämpfer, Peter ^b   Patel, Bharat K C ^c   Gürtler, Volker ^d   Seviour, Robert J ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA 16S; POLYPHOSPHATE; RNA 16S;

ACINETOBACTER; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE TARGETING; GENOME ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR PROBE; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY;

ACINETOBACTER; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEWAGE; TERMINOLOGY; VICTORIA;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAYLYI; ACINETOBACTER BOUVETII; ACINETOBACTER GERNERI; ACINETOBACTER GRIMONTII; ACINETOBACTER TANDOII; ACINETOBACTER TJERNBERGIAE; ACINETOBACTER TOWNERI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; VICTORIA;

EID: 0012887062     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02486-0     Document Type: Article

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