Amaricoccus gen. nov., a gram-negative coccus occurring in regular packages or tetrads, isolated from activated sludge biomass, and descriptions of Amaricoccus veronensis sp. nov., Amaricoccus tamworthensis sp. nov., Amaricoccus macauensis sp. nov., and Amaricoccus kaplicensis sp. nov

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 727-734

  Maszenan, A M ^a   Seviour, R J ^a   Patel, B K C ^b   Rees, G N ^c,d   McDougall, B M ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^d MURRAY DARLING FRESHWATER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AMARICOCCUS; AMARICOCCUS KAPLICENSIS; AMARICOCCUS MACAUENSIS; AMARICOCCUS TAMWORTHENSIS; AMARICOCCUS VERONENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOBACTER; RHODOVULUM;

EID: 0030799991     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-47-3-727     Document Type: Article

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