Corynebacterium simulans sp. nov., a nonlipophilic, fermentative Corynebacterium

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 347-353

  Wattiau, Pierre ^a   Janssens, Michèle ^b   Wauters, Georges ^b  

^a DE DUVE INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

16S rRNA analysis; Corynebacterium simulans sp. nov.; Fermentative non lipophilic Corynebacterium

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE GLYCOL; MALTOSE; NITRATE; NITRITE REDUCTASE; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHEMOTAXONOMY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; FERMENTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIA; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM MINUTISSIMUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM SIMULANS; CORYNEBACTERIUM STRIATUM; PROKARYOTA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0033951949     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-50-1-347     Document Type: Article

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