Amycolatopsis keratiniphilia sp. nov., a novel keratinolytic soil actinomycete from Kuwait

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 871-874

  Al Mussallam, Azza A ^a   Al Zarban, Sheikha S ^a   Fasasi, Yunis A ^a   Kroppenstedt, Reiner M ^b   Stackebrandt, Erko ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABINOSE; BACTERIAL DNA; CARDIOLIPIN; DIAMINOPIMELIC ACID; DNA 16S; FATTY ACID; GALACTOSE; LIPID; MENAQUINONE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; SUGAR; KERATIN; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AMYCOLATOPSIS JAPONICA; AMYCOLATOPSIS KERATINIPHILA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHEMOTAXONOMY; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; KUWAIT; MARSH; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOIL MICROFLORA; WOOL; ACTINOMYCETALES; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHENOTYPE;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); AMYCOLATOPSIS; AMYCOLATOPSIS JAPONICA; AMYCOLATOPSIS KERATINIPHILA; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); JAPONICA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENOTYPE; KERATINS; KUWAIT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WOOL;

EID: 0013311710     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02515-0     Document Type: Article

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