Paracoccus marcusii sp. nov., an orange Gram-negative coccus

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 543-548

  Harker, Mark ^a   Hirschberg, Joseph ^a   Oren, Aharon ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

16S rDNA analysis carotenoids (astaxanthin); Chemotaxonomic analysis; Paracoccus marcusii sp. nov.; Phenotypic analysis

Indexed keywords

ASTAXANTHIN; CAROTENOID; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; NITRATE; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; CHEMOTAXONOMY; DNA SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PARACOCCUS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PARACOCCUS MARCUSII; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031776637     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-48-2-543     Document Type: Article

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