Taxonomic description of Methanococcoides euhalobius and its transfer to the Methanohalophilus genus

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 313-318

  Davidova, Irene A ^a   Harmsen, Hermie J M ^a   Stams, Alfons J M ^a   Belyaev, Sergei S ^b   Zehnder, Alexander J B ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene sequence; Methanococcoides; Methanohalophilus; Specific oligonucleotide probe; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; METHANOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; TAXONOMY;

CLASSIFICATION; EURYARCHAEOTA; METHANOSARCINACEAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOCOCCOIDES; METHANOHALOPHILUS; METHANOHALOPHILUS EUHALOBIUS;

EID: 0030993120     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1000103618451     Document Type: Article

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