Phylogenetic characterization of a novel salt-tolerant Bacillus species : Description of Bacillus dipsosauri sp. nov

Journal of Applied Bacteriology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 109-112

  Lawson, P A ^a   Deutch, C E ^a   Collins, M D ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; RNA;

16S RRNA GENE SEQUENCING; ALBI; BACILLUS SPECIES; CLASSIFIEDS; COMPARATIVE SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; HALOTOLERANT BACTERIA; PHYLOGENETIC CHARACTERIZATION; PHYLOGENETICS; SALT TOLERANT; TAXONOMIC POSITION;

BACTERIA;

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; HALOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

EID: 0030055092     PISSN: 00218847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1996.tb03289.x     Document Type: Article

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