Fermentative bacteria from estuarine mud: Phylogenetic position of Acidaminobacter hydrogenoformans and description of a new type of Gram- negative, propionigenic bacterium as Propionibacter pelophilus gen. nov., sp. nov.

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1039-1044

  Meijer, Wim G ^a,b   Nienhuis Kuiper, Manny E ^a   Hansen, Theo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Acidaminobacter; Propionibacter gen. nov.; Propionic fermentation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESTUARY; FERMENTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIACEAE; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ACIDAMINOBACTER; ACIDAMINOBACTER HYDROGENOFORMANS; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); AZOARCUS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM HALOPHILUM; CLOSTRIDIUM SUBPHYLUM; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PROPIONIBACTERIACEAE; PROPIONIVIBRIO; PROPIONIVIBRIO PELOPHILUS; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOCYCLUS TENUIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0032991289     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-49-3-1039     Document Type: Article

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