Rhodococcal systematics: Problems and developments

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 3-20

  Goodfellow, Michael ^a   Alderson, Grace ^b   Chun, Jongsik ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Maryland Sea Grant Exten Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Nomenclature; Polyphasic taxonomy; Rhodococcus; Taxonomic history

Indexed keywords

MYCOLIC ACID; RNA 16S;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOCOCCUS; RNA SEQUENCE; SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOLIC ACIDS; NOCARDIA; RHODOCOCCUS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 0032460395     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1001730725003     Document Type: Article

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