Flavobacterium hibernum sp, nov., a lactose-utilizing bacterium from a freshwater Antarctic lake

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1405-1412

  McCammon, S A ^a   Innes, B H ^b   Bowman, J P ^a   Franzmann, P D ^b   Dobson, S J ^a   Holloway, P E ^a   Skerratt, J H ^a   Nichols, P D ^a,b   Rankin, L M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^d Australian Antarctic Division ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Flavobacterium hibernum; Psychrotroph; galactosidase

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; FRESH WATER; LAKE WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; FLAVOBACTERIUM; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

FLAVOBACTERIUM AQUATILE; FLAVOBACTERIUM COLUMNARE; FLAVOBACTERIUM HIBERNUM; SPOROCYTOPHAGA CAULIFORMIS;

EID: 0031725011     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-48-4-1405     Document Type: Article

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