Virgibacillus: A new genus to accommodate Bacillus pantothenticus (Proom and Knight 1950). Emended description of Virgibacillus pantothenticus

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 99-106

  Heyndrickx, M ^a   Lebbe, L ^a   Kersters, K ^a   De Vos, P ^a   Forsyth, G ^b   Logan, N A ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amplified rDNA restriction analysis; API; Bacillus; Fatty acid methyl ester; Virgibacillus pantothenticus comb. nov.

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AMPHIBACILLUS; ANEURINIBACILLUS; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS DIPSOSAURI; BACILLUS PANTOTHENTICUS; BREVIBACILLUS; GRACILIBACILLUS DIPSOSAURI; HALOBACILLUS; MARINOCOCCUS; PAENIBACILLUS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SPOROSARCINA; VIRGIBACILLUS; VIRGIBACILLUS PANTOTHENTICUS;

EID: 0031893769     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-48-1-99     Document Type: Article

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