Leifsonia poae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from nematode galls on Poa annua, and reclassification of 'Corynebacterium aquaticum' Leifson 1962 as Leifsonia aquatica (ex Leifson 1962) gen. nov., nom. rev., comb. nov. and Clavibacter xyli Davis et al. 1984 with two subspecies as Leifsonia xyli (Davis et al. 1984) gen. nov., comb. nov.

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 371-380

  Evtushenko, Lyudmila I ^a   Dorofeeva, Lubov V ^a   Subbotin, Sergey A ^b   Cole, James R ^c   Tiedje, James M ^c  

^a SKRYABIN INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

'Corynebacterium aquaticum'; Actinomycetates; Clavibacter xyli; Leifsonia gen. nov.; Subanguina radicicola

Indexed keywords

2,4 DIAMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; CARDIOLIPIN; MENAQUINONE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; PHOSPHOLIPID; RIBOSOME DNA; SATURATED FATTY ACID; TEICHOIC ACID;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; LEIFSONIA AQUATICA; LEIFSONIA POAE; LEIFSONIA XYLI; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY;

AGROMYCES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLAVIBACTER; CLAVIBACTER XYLI; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM AQUATICUM; CORYNEFORM BACTERIUM; LEIFSONIA; LEIFSONIA AQUATICA; LEIFSONIA POAE; LEIFSONIA XYLI; LEIFSONIA XYLI SUBSP. CYNODONTIS; LEIFSONIA XYLI SUBSP. XYLI; POA ANNUA; POSIBACTERIA; SUBANGUINA RADICICOLA;

EID: 0033976024     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-50-1-371     Document Type: Article

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