Phylogenetic affiliation of the pseudomonads based on 16S rRNA sequence

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1563-1589

  Anzai, Yojiro ^a,c   Kim, Hongik ^b   Park, Ju Young ^b   Wakabayashi, Hisatsugu ^b   Oyaizu, Hiroshi ^b  

^a NIPPON ROCHE RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Phylogenetic analysis; Pseudomonads; Pseudomonas

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONADACEAE; PSEUDOMONAS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA ANDROPOGONIS; BURKHOLDERIA GLADIOLI; HALOPHILA; LANCEOLATA; MARINOBACTERIUM GEORGIENSE; MICROBULBIFER ELONGATUS; NEGIBACTERIA; OCEANIMONAS DOUDOROFFII; PAUCIMONAS LEMOIGNEI; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONADACEAE; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS ABIKONENSIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS ANTIMICROBICA; PSEUDOMONAS BEIJERINCKII; PSEUDOMONAS BETELI; PSEUDOMONAS BOREOPOLIS; PSEUDOMONAS BUTANOVORA; PSEUDOMONAS CARBOXYDOHYDROGENA; PSEUDOMONAS CISSICOLA; PSEUDOMONAS DOUDOROFFII; PSEUDOMONAS ECHINOIDES; PSEUDOMONAS ELONGATA; PSEUDOMONAS FLECTENS; PSEUDOMONAS GENICULATA; PSEUDOMONAS HALOPHILA; PSEUDOMONAS HIBISCICOLA; PSEUDOMONAS HUTTIENSIS; PSEUDOMONAS INERS; PSEUDOMONAS LANCEOLATA; PSEUDOMONAS LEMOIGNEI; PSEUDOMONAS MEPHITICA; PSEUDOMONAS PICTORUM; PSEUDOMONAS SACCHAROPHILA; PSEUDOMONAS SPINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS STANIER; PSEUDOMONAS SYZYGII; PSEUDOMONAS WOODSII; RALSTONIA SYZYGII; SPHINGOMONAS ECHINOIDES; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

EID: 0033865962     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-50-4-1563     Document Type: Article

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