A polyphasic reassessment of the genus Paenibacillus, reclassification of Bacillus lautus (Nakamura 1984) as Paenibacillus lautus comb. nov. and of Bacillus peoriae (Montefusco et al. 1993) as Paenibacillus peoriae comb. nov., and emended descriptions of P. lautus and of P. peoriae

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 988-1003

  Heyndrickx, M ^a   Vandemeulebroecke, K ^a   Scheldeman, P ^a   Kersters, K ^a   De Vos, P ^a   Logan, N A ^b   Aziz, A M ^b   Ali, N ^c   Berkeley, R C W ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL PROTEIN; FATTY ACID ESTER; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RESTRICTION; GENOTYPE; LIPID ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; TAXONOMY;

BACILLUS LONGISPORUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PAENIBACILLUS ALVEI; PAENIBACILLUS AMYLOLYTICUS; PAENIBACILLUS DURUS; PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE SUBSP. LARVAE; PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE SUBSP. PULVIFACIENS; PAENIBACILLUS LAUTUS; PAENIBACILLUS MACERANS; PAENIBACILLUS MACQUARIENSIS; PAENIBACILLUS PABULI; PAENIBACILLUS PEORIAE; PAENIBACILLUS POLYMYXA; PAENIBACILLUS VALIDUS; POLYMYXA;

EID: 0029818079     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-46-4-988     Document Type: Article

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