Transfer of Two Burkholderia and an Alcaligenes Species to Ralstonia Gen. Nov.: Proposal of Ralstonia pickettii (Ralston, Palleroni and Doudoroff 1973) Comb. Nov., Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith 1896) Comb. Nov. and Ralstonia eutropha (Davis 1969) Comb. Nov

MICROBIOLOGY and IMMUNOLOGY

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 1995, Pages 897-904

  Yabuuchi, Eiko ^a   Yano, Ikuya ^a   Hotta, Hisako ^a   Nishiuchi, Yukiko ^a   Kosako, Yoshimasa ^b  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b RIKEN BIORESOURCE CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ralstonia eutropha; Ralstonia gen. nov; Ralstonia pickettii; Ralstonia solanacearum

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; LIPID ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOMONAS;

ALCALIGENES; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BURKHOLDERIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FATTY ACIDS; GRAM-NEGATIVE AEROBIC BACTERIA; LIPIDS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0028850433     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1995.tb03275.x     Document Type: Article

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