Phylogenetic position of Chitinophaga pinensis in the Flexibacter- Bacteroides-Cytophaga phylum

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 479-481

  Sly, L I ^a   Taghavi, M ^a,b   Fegan, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Bacterial taxonomy; Chitinophaga pinensis; Flexibacter Bacteroides Cytophaga phylum; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTEROIDES; CHITINOPHAGA PINENSIS; FLEXIBACTERACEAE; GENE SEQUENCE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; CHITINOPHAGA PINENSIS; CYTOPHAGA; CYTOPHAGA ARVENSICOLA; FLAVOBACTERIUM FERRUGINEUM; FLEXIBACTER; FLEXIBACTER FILIFORMIS; FLEXIBACTER SANCTI; FLEXIBACTERACEAE; MYXOCOCCOIDES; NEGIBACTERIA; SPOROCYTOPHAGA MYXOCOCCOIDES;

EID: 0032935780     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-49-2-479     Document Type: Article

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