Leucobacter komagatae gen. nov., sp. nov., a new aerobic gram-positive, nonsporulating rod with 2,4-diaminobutyric acid in the cell wall

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 967-971

  Takeuchi, Mariko ^a   Weiss, Norbert ^b   Schumann, Peter ^b   Yokota, Akira ^a,c  

^a Institute for Fermentation Osaka   (Japan)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,4 DIAMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALANINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; MENAQUINONE; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CELL STRUCTURE; CHEMOTAXONOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEUCOBACTER KOMAGATAE; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0029846981     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-46-4-967     Document Type: Article

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