Emendation of the genus Cytophaga and transfer of Cytophaga agarovorans and Cytophaga salmonicolor to Marinilabilia gen. nov.: Phylogenetic analysis of the Flavobacterium-Cytophaga complex

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 599-603

  Nakagawa, Yasuyoshi ^a,b   Yamasato, Kazuhide ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Institute for Fermentation Osaka   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MENAQUINONE; RIBOSOME RNA; SPERMIDINE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLEXIBACTERACEAE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE;

EID: 0029864119     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-46-2-599     Document Type: Article

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