Transfer of Thermus ruber (Loginova et al. 1984), Thermus silvanus (Tenreiro et al. 1995), and Thermus chliarophilus (Tenreiro et al. 1995) to Meiothermus gen. nov. as Meiothermus ruber comb. nov., Meiothermus silvanus comb, nov., and Meiothermus chliarophilus comb. nov., respectively, and emendation of the genus Thermus

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 604-606

  Nobre, M Fernanda ^a   Trüper, Hans G ^b   Da Costa, Milton S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CHEMOTAXONOMY; CLASSIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMUS;

EID: 0029863893     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-46-2-604     Document Type: Article

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