The genus Nocardiopsis represents a phylogenetically coherent taxon and a distinct actinomycete lineage: Proposal of Nocardiopsaceae fam. nov.

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1088-1092

  Rainey, Fred A ^a   Ward Rainey, Naomi ^a   Kroppenstedt, Reiner M ^a   Stackebrandt, Erko ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHEMOTAXONOMY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ACTINOMADURA; ACTINOMYCETALES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MICROTETRASPORA; NOCARDIOPSACEAE; NOCARDIOPSIS; NOCARDIOPSIS ALBA; NOCARDIOPSIS DASSONVILLEI; NOCARDIOPSIS DASSONVILLEI SUBSP. ALBIRUBIDA; NOCARDIOPSIS LISTERI; NOCARDIOPSIS LUCENTENSIS; NOCARDIOPSIS PRASINA; STREPTOSPORANGIUM; THERMOMONOSPORA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0029799968     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-46-4-1088     Document Type: Article

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