Taxonomic significance of 2,4-diaminobutyric acid isomers in the cell wall peptidoglycan of actinomycetes and reclassification of Clavibacter toxicus as Rathayibacter toxicus comb. nov.

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 403-410

  Sasaki, Junko ^a   Chijimatsu, Masao ^b   Suzuki, Ken Ichiro ^a  

^a RIKEN BIORESOURCE CENTER   (Japan)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

2,4 diaminobutyric acid isomers; Actinomycetes; Clavibacter toxicus; Peptidoglycan; Rathayibacter toxicus comb. nov.

Indexed keywords

2,4 DIAMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MENAQUINONE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; RIBOSOME DNA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOMER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); AGROMYCES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLAVIBACTER; CLAVIBACTER MICHIGANENSIS; CLAVIBACTER TOXICUS; RATHAYIBACTER; RATHAYIBACTER TOXICUS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0031776717     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-48-2-403     Document Type: Article

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