Xanthobacter tagetidis sp. nov., an organism associated with Tagetes species and able to grow on substituted thiophenes

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 394-401

  Padden, A Nikki ^a   Rainey, Frederick A ^b,d   Kelly, Donovan P ^c   Wood, Ann P ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIODEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL MICROFLORA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; XANTHOBACTER;

EID: 0030937257     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-47-2-394     Document Type: Article

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