Reclassification of a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-metabolizing bacterium, Beijerinckia sp. strain B1, as Sphingomonas yanoikuyae by fatty acid analysis, protein pattern analysis, DNA-DNA hybridization, and 16S ribosomal DNA sequencing

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 466-469

  Khan, Ashraf A ^a   Wang, Rong Fu ^a   Cao, Wei Wen ^a   Franklin, Wirt ^a   Cerniglia, Carl E ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; LIPID ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SPHINGOMONAS; TAXONOMY; WATER POLLUTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; GRAM-NEGATIVE AEROBIC BACTERIA; HYDROCARBONS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BEIJERINCKIA SP.; NEGIBACTERIA; SPHINGOBIUM YANOIKUYAE; SPHINGOMONAS;

EID: 0029917956     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-46-2-466     Document Type: Article

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