Terracoccus luteus gen. nov., sp. nov., an LL-diaminopimelic acid- containing coccoid actinomycete from soil

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1218-1224

  Prauser, Helmut ^a   Schumann, Peter ^a   Rainey, Frederick A ^a   Kroppenstedt, Reiner M ^a   Stackebrandt, Erko ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; GENOTYPE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL MICROFLORA; TAXONOMY; TERRACOCCUS LUTEUS;

EID: 0030833462     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-47-4-1218     Document Type: Article

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