Rubrobacter xylanophilus sp. nov., a new thermophilic species isolated from a thermally polluted effluent

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 460-465

  Carreto, Laura ^a   Moore, Edward ^b   Nobre, M Fernanda ^a   Wait, Robin ^c   Riley, Paul W ^c   Sharp, Richard J ^c   Da Costa, Milton S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; MYCOLIC ACID; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHEMOTAXONOMY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA CONTENT; DNA SEQUENCE; EFFLUENT; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; RUBROBACTER XYLANOPHILUS; TEMPERATURE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; UNITED KINGDOM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COCCOIDEA; POSIBACTERIA; RUBROBACTER RADIOTOLERANS; RUBROBACTER XYLANOPHILUS;

EID: 0030003821     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-46-2-460     Document Type: Article

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