Transfer of the bacteriochlorophyll b-containing phototrophic bacteria Rhodopseudomonas viridis and Rhodopseudomonas sulfoviridis to the genus Blastochloris gen. nov.

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 217-219

  Hiraishi, Akira ^a,b  

^a TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Konishi Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLASTOCHLORIS; BLASTOCHLORIS SULFOVIRIDIS; BLASTOCHLORIS VIRIDIS; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BLASTOCHLORIS; BLASTOCHLORIS SULFOVIRIDIS; BLASTOCHLORIS VIRIDIS; PHOTOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOPLANES; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0031022026     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-47-1-217     Document Type: Article

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