Verrucomicrobia div. nov., a new division of the bacteria containing three new species of Prosthecobacter

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-38

  Hedlund, Brian P ^a   Gosink, John J ^a   Staley, James T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Phylogeny; Prosthecobacter; Taxonomy; Verrucomicrobia; Verrucomicrobiae

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA RECOMBINATION; GENOTYPE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

CARBOHYDRATES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROSTHECOBACTER; PROSTHECOBACTER DEBONTII; PROSTHECOBACTER DEJONGEII; PROSTHECOBACTER FUSIFORMIS; PROSTHECOBACTER VANNEERVENII; VERRUCOMICROBIA; VERRUCOMICROBIAE; VERRUCOMICROBIALES; VERRUCOMICROBIUM;

EID: 0030778930     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1000348616863     Document Type: Conference Paper

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