Phylogeny and photosynthetic features of Thiobacillus acidophilus and related acidophilic bacteria: Its transfer to the genus Acidiphilium as acidiphilium acidophilum comb. nov.

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1389-1398

  Hiraishi, Akira ^a   Nagashima, Kenji V P ^b   Matsuura, Katsumi ^b   Shimada, Keizo ^b   Takaichi, Shinichi ^c   Wakao, Norio ^d   Katayama, Yoko ^e  

^a TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^d IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acidiphilium acidophilum comb. nov.; Photosynthetic reaction centre; Phylogeny; Thiobacillus acidophilus; Zinc bacteriochlorophyll

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; THIOBACILLUS;

ACIDIPHILIUM ACIDOPHILUM; THIOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS;

EID: 0031756689     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-48-4-1389     Document Type: Article

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