Arthrobacter, Brachybacterium and Planococcus isolates identified from Antarctic Sea ice brine. Description of Planococcus mcmeekinii, sp. nov.

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 306-314

  Junge, Karen ^a,b,c   Gosink, John J ^a   Hoppe, H G ^b   Staley, James T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Arthrobacter; Brachybacterium; Gram positive bacteria; Polarococcus; Sea ice bacteria; SIMCO

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; SEA WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANTARCTICA; ARTHROBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

ARTHROBACTER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRACHYBACTERIUM; COCCOIDEA; PLANOCOCCUS; PLANOCOCCUS MCMEEKINII; PLANOMICROBIUM MCMEEKINII; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031854020     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0723-2020(98)80038-6     Document Type: Article

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