Confirmation that Thiobacillus halophilus and Thiobacillus hydrothermalis are distinct species within the γ-subclass of the Proteobacteria

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 138-140

  Kelly, Donovan P ^a   Stackebrandt, Erko ^b   Burghardt, Jutta ^b   Wood, Ann P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

16S rRNA sequences; DNA hybridization; mol G+C; Thiobacillus halophilus; Thiobacillus hydrothermalis; Thiobacillus taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DNA DETERMINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THIOBACILLUS;

CELL DIVISION; CYTOSINE; DNA; GUANINE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEMPERATURE; THIOBACILLUS;

EID: 0031818762     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050625     Document Type: Article

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