Relationship of Bacillus subtilis clades associated with strains 168 and W23: A proposal for Bacillus subtilis subsp. subtilis subsp. nov. and Bacillus subtilis subsp. spizizenii subsp. nov.

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1211-1215

  Nakamura, L K ^a   Roberts, Michael S ^b   Cohan, Frederick M ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis subsp.; Bacillus subtilis subsp. spizizenii subsp. nov.; Subtilis subsp. nov.

Indexed keywords

DNA; RIBITOL; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS SUBSP. SPIZIZENII; BACILLUS SUBTILIS SUBSP. SUBTILIS;

EID: 0033028580     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-49-3-1211     Document Type: Article

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