Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov.

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 479-491

  Stackebrandt, Erko ^a   Rainey, Fred A ^a   Ward Rainey, Naomi L ^a  

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

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE;

EID: 0030893495     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-47-2-479     Document Type: Article

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