Reclassification of species of the spiral-shaped phototrophic purple non-sulfur bacteria of the α-Proteobacteria: Description of new genera as well as transfer of Rhodospirillum species names

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 793-798

  Imhoff, Johannes F ^a   Petri, Ralf ^a   Süling, Jörg ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Phaeozpirillum gen. nov.; Rhodospirillum; Rhodothalassium gen. nov.; Rhodovibrio gen. nov.; Roseospira gen. nov.; Proteobacteria

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOSPIRILLUM; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPIRILLUM;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; PHAEOSPIRILLUM; PHAEOSPIRILLUM FULVUM; PHAEOSPIRILLUM MOLISCHIANUM; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOSPIRILLUM; RHODOSPIRILLUM MEDIOSALINUM; RHODOSPIRILLUM PHOTOMETRICUM; RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM; RHODOTHALASSIUM; RHODOTHALASSIUM SALEXIGENS; RHODOVIBRIO; RHODOVIBRIO SALINARUM; RHODOVIBRIO SODOMENSIS; ROSEOSPIRA; ROSEOSPIRA MEDIOSALINA; SPIRILLUM;

EID: 0031852637     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-48-3-793     Document Type: Article

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