Taxonomic note: Transfer of Amoebobacter purpureus to the genus Pfennigia gen. nov., as Pfennigia purpurea comb. nov., on the basis of the illegitimate proposal to make Amoebobacter purpureus the type species of the genus Amoebobacter

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1307-1308

  Tindall, B J ^a  

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

Author keywords

Amoebobacter purpureus; Bacteriological Code; Pfennigia purpurea; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PFENNIGIA PURPUREA; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY;

AMOEBOBACTER PURPUREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LAMPROCYSTIS; LAMPROCYSTIS PURPUREA; NEGIBACTERIA; PFENNIGIA; PFENNIGIA PURPUREA; THIOCAPSA;

EID: 0032989093     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-49-3-1307     Document Type: Article

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