Diversity of alkaliphilic halobacteria: Proposals for transfer of Natronobacterium vacuolatum, Natronobacterium magadii, and Natronobacterium pharaonis to Halorubrum, Natrialba, and Natronomonas gen. nov., respectively, as Halorubrum vacuolatum comb. nov., Natrialba magadii comb. nov., and Natronomonas pharaonis comb. nov., respectively

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 853-857

  Kamekura, Masahiro ^a   Dyall Smith, Michael L ^b   Upasani, Vivek ^c   Ventosa, Antonio ^d   Kates, Morris ^e  

^a Noda Institute for Scientific Research   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c M G SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOBACTERIA; HALOBACTERIACEAE; HALORUBRUM; HALORUBRUM VACUOLATUM; NATRIALBA; NATRIALBA ASIATICA; NATRIALBA MAGADII; NATRONOBACTERIUM; NATRONOBACTERIUM GREGORYI; NATRONOMONAS; NATRONOMONAS PHARAONIS;

EID: 0030807963     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-47-3-853     Document Type: Article

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