Polyphasic classification of the genus Photorhabdus and proposal of new taxa: P. luminescens subsp. luminescens subsp. nov., P. luminescens subsp. akhurstii subsp. nov., P. luminescens subsp. laumondii subsp. nov., P. temperata sp. nov., P. temperata subsp. temperata subsp. nov. and P. asymbiotica sp. nov.

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1645-1656

  Fischer Le Saux, Marion ^a   Viallard, Véronique ^b   Brunel, Brigitte ^c   Normand, Phillippe ^b   Boemare, Noel E ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b University of Lyon   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SYMBIOSES TROPICALES ET MÉDITERRANÉENNES   (France)

Author keywords

16S rDNA sequencing; DNA DNA hybridization; Phenotypic data; Polyphasic classification; t(m)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHEMOTAXONOMY; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORHABDUS LUMINESCENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

PHOTORHABDUS ASYMBIOTICA; PHOTORHABDUS LAUMONDII; PHOTORHABDUS LUMINESCENS; PHOTORHABDUS TEMPERATA;

EID: 0032754137     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-49-4-1645     Document Type: Article

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