Reclassification of Paenibacillus (formerly Bacillus) pulvifaciens (Nakamura 1984) Ash et al. 1994, a later subjective synonym of Paenibacillus (formerly Bacillus) larvae (White 1906) Ash et al. 1994, as a subspecies of P. larvae, with emended descriptions of P. larvae as P. larvae subsp. larvae and P. larvae subsp. pulvifaciens

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 270-279

  Heyndrickx, M ^a   Vandemeulebroecke, K ^a   Hoste, B ^a   Janssen, P ^a   Kersters, K ^a   De Vos, P ^a   Logan, N A ^b   Ali, N ^c   Berkeley, R C W ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CELL PROTEIN; FATTY ACID; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DNA DETERMINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TAXONOMY;

BACILLUS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FATTY ACIDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHYLOGENY; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

APIS MELLIFERA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE SUBSP. LARVAE; PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE SUBSP. PULVIFACIENS;

EID: 0030054190     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-46-1-270     Document Type: Article

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