Proposed minimal standards for description of new taxa in the order Halobacteriales

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 233-238

  Oren, A ^a   Ventosa, A ^b   Grant, W D ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; RIBOSOME RNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; HALOBACTERIUM; NOMENCLATURE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOBACTERIACEAE; HALOBACTERIALES; HALOBACTERIUM;

EID: 0031012499     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-47-1-233     Document Type: Article

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