Sagittula stellata gen. nov., sp. nov., a lignin-transforming bacterium from a coastal environment

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 773-780

  Gonzalez, J M ^a   Mayer, F ^b   Moran, M A ^a   Hodson, R E ^a   Whitman, W B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; CELLULOSE; CYTOSINE; DISACCHARIDE; FATTY ACID; GUANINE; LIGNIN; MONOSACCHARIDE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; ROSEOBACTER; SAGITTULA STELLATA;

EID: 0030788037     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-47-3-773     Document Type: Article

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