Arthrobacter flavus sp. nov., a psychrophilic bacterium isolated from a pond in McMurdo Dry Valley, Antarctica

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1553-1561

  Reddy, G S N ^a   Aggarwal, R K ^a   Matsumoto, G I ^b   Shivaji, S ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

^b OTSUMA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Arthrobacter; Halotolerant; Psychrophile; Yellow pigment

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; FATTY ACID; METHANOL; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTHROBACTER; ARTHROBACTER AGILIS; ARTHROBACTER FLAVUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHEMOTAXONOMY; COLD TOLERANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ARTHROBACTER; ARTHROBACTER AGILIS; ARTHROBACTER FLAVUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033858506     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-50-4-1553     Document Type: Article

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