Description of chlorophenol-degrading Pseudomonas sp. strains KF1(T), KF3, and NKF1 as a new species of the genus Sphingomonas, Sphingomonas subarctica sp. nov.

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1042-1055

  Nohynek, Liisa J ^a   Nurmiaho Lassila, Eeva Liisa ^a   Suhonen, Eeva L ^a   Busse, Hans Jürgen ^c   Mohammadi, Morteza ^a   Hantula, Jarkko ^a,b   Rainey, Fred ^d   Salkinoja Salonen, Mirja S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c Institute of Microbiology and Genetics Vienna   (Austria)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHENOL; FATTY ACID; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; SPERMIDINE; SPHINGOLIPID; UBIDECARENONE;

ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHEMOTAXONOMY; DEGRADATION; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ALCALIGENES SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; NOVOSPHINGOBIUM SUBARCTICUM; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SACCHAROPHILA; PSEUDOMONAS SP.; SPHINGOBIUM CHLOROPHENOLICUM; SPHINGOMONAS; SPHINGOMONAS PAUCIMOBILIS;

EID: 0029836897     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-46-4-1042     Document Type: Article

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