A re-evaluation of the taxonomy of Paracoccus denitrificans and a proposal for the combination Paracoccus pantotrophus comb. nov.

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 645-651

  Rainey, Frederick A ^a   Kelly, Donovan P ^b   Stackebrandt, Erko ^c   Burghardt, Jutta ^c   Hiraishi, Akira ^d   Katayama, Yoko ^e   Wood, Ann P ^f  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

^d TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^f KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene sequencing; DNA DNA hybridization; Paracoccus denitrificans; Paracoccus pantotrophus; Thiosphaera

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARACOCCUS; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY;

NEGIBACTERIA; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; PARACOCCUS PANTOTROPHUS; PARACOCCUS VERSUTUS; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA; THIOCYSTIS; THIOSPHAERA PANTOTROPHA;

EID: 0032943528     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-49-2-645     Document Type: Article

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