Description of Nocardiopsis synnemataformans sp. nov., elevation of Nocardiopsis alba subsp. prasina to Nocardiopsis prasina comb. nov., and designation of nocardiopsis antarctica and nocardiopsis alborubida as later subjective synonyms of Nocardiopsis dassonvillei

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 983-988

  Yassin, A F ^a   Rainey, F A ^b,e   Burghardt, J ^b   Gierth, D ^a   Ungerechts, J ^a   Lux, I ^a   Seifert, P ^c   Bal, C ^d   Schaal, K P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

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

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^d ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; CHEMOTAXONOMY; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; NOCARDIOPSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030853114     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-47-4-983     Document Type: Article

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