A polyphasic reassessment of the genus Aneurinibacillus, reclassification of Bacillus thermoaerophilus (Meier-Stauffer et al. 1996) as Aneurinibacillus thermoaerophilus comb. nov., and emended descriptions of A. aneurinilyticus corrig., A. migulanus, and A. thermoaerophilus

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 808-817

  Heyndrickx, M ^a   Lebbe, L ^a   Vancanneyt, M ^a   Kersters, K ^a   De Vos, P ^a   Logan, N A ^b   Forsyth, G ^b   Nazli, S ^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

RIBOSOME DNA;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BREVIBACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANEURINIBACILLUS ANEURINILYTICUS; ANEURINIBACILLUS MIGULANUS; ANEURINIBACILLUS THERMOAEROPHILUS; BREVIBACILLUS; BREVIBACTERIUM;

EID: 0030750080     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-47-3-808     Document Type: Article

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