Paenibacillus dendritiformis sp. nov., proposal for a new pattern- forming species and its localization within a phylogenetic cluster

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 239-246

  Tcherpakov, Marianna ^a   Ben Jacob, Eshel ^a   Gutnick, David L ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chiral morphology; Paenibacillus dendritiformis sp. nov.; Pattern formation; Tip splitting

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHIRALITY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAENIBACILLUS DENDRITIFORMIS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS DENDRITIFORMIS; PAENIBACILLUS THIAMINOLYTICUS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032909671     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-49-1-239     Document Type: Article

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