Bacillus horti sp. nov., a new Gram-negative alkaliphilic bacillus

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 565-571

  Yumoto, Isao ^a   Yamazaki, Koji ^b   Sawabe, Tomoo ^b   Nakano, Kazuaki ^b   Kawasaki, Kosei ^a   Ezura, Yoshio ^b   Shinano, Haruo ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

16S rDNA analysis; Alkaliphilic; Bacillus horti sp. nov.; Gram negative bacillus chemotaxonomic analysis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CYTOSINE; DIAMINOPIMELIC ACID; FATTY ACID; GUANINE; ISOPRENOID; MENAQUINONE;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CHEMOTAXONOMY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACILLUS HORTI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031776638     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-48-2-565     Document Type: Article

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