Transfer of Bacillus alginolyticus, Bacillus chondroitinus, Bacillus curdlanolyticus, Bacillus glucanolyticus, Bacillus kobensis, and Bacillus thiaminolyticus to the genus Paenibacillus and emended description of the genus Paenibacillus

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 289-298

  Shida, Osamu ^a   Takagi, Hiroaki ^a   Kadowaki, Kiyoshi ^a   Nakamura, Lawrence K ^c   Komagata, Kazuo ^b  

^a Research Laboratory   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; CHEMOTAXONOMY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYDROLYSIS; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACILLUS ALGINOLYTICUS; BACILLUS CHONDROITINUS; BACILLUS CURDLANOLYTICUS; BACILLUS GLUCANOLYTICUS; BACILLUS KOBENSIS; BACILLUS THIAMINOLYTICUS;

EID: 0030999754     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-47-2-289     Document Type: Article

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