Modestobacter multiseptatus gen. nov., sp. nov., a budding actinomycete from soils of the Asgard Range (Transantarctic Mountains)

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 337-346

  Mevs, Udo ^a   Stackebrandt, Erko ^b   Schumann, Peter ^b   Gallikowski, Claudia A ^c   Hirsch, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

^c Hessisches Ministerium Umwelt E   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actinomycetes; Antarctic soils; Budding bacteria; Modestobacter

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CARDIOLIPIN; CYTOSINE; DIAMINOPIMELIC ACID; FATTY ACID; FUMARIC ACID; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTARIC ACID; GLYCINE; GUANINE; LACTOSE; MALIC ACID; MANNITOL; MENAQUINONE; NITRATE; PEPTONE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; PYRUVIC ACID; RIBOSE; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; SUCCINIC ACID; SUCROSE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHEMOTAXONOMY; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL MICROFLORA;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BLASTOCOCCUS; GEODERMATOPHILUS; MODESTOBACTER; MODESTOBACTER MULTISEPTATUS; PROKARYOTA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0033983202     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-50-1-337     Document Type: Article

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