Recent changes in the classification of the pseudomonads: An overview

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 465-477

  Kersters, Karel ^a   Ludwig, Wolfgang ^b   Vancanneyt, Marc ^a   De Vos, Paul ^a   Gillis, Monique ^a   Schleifer, Karl Heinz ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acidovorax; Brevundimonas; Burkholderia; Classification; Comamonadaceae; Comamonas; Hydrogenophaga; Methylobacterium; Phylogeny; Pseudomonads; Pseudomonas; Ralstonia; Sphingomonas; Stenotrophomonas

Indexed keywords

ACIDOVORAX; BREVUNDIMONAS; BURKHOLDERIA; COMAMONADACEAE; COMAMONAS; HYDROGENOPHAGA; METHYLOBACTERIUM; PSEUDOMONAS; RALSTONIA; SPHINGOMONAS; STENOTROPHOMONAS;

BURKHOLDERIA; CLASSIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; REVIEW;

EID: 0030447539     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0723-2020(96)80020-8     Document Type: Article

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