Saccharococcus caldoxylosilyticus sp. nov., an obligately thermophilic, xylose-utilizing, endospore-forming bacterium

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 517-523

  Ahmad, Shafiq ^a   Scopes, Robert K ^a   Rees, Gavin N ^b   Patel, Bharat K C ^c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b EWATER COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Obligate thermophile; Phylogeny; Saccharococcus; Saccharococcus caldoxylosilyticus; Xylanolytic

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; GLUCOSE; LACTOSE; RIBOSOME RNA; STARCH; XYLAN; XYLOSE; XYLOSE ISOMERASE;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROFLORA; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPOROGENESIS; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

BACILLI; BACILLUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEOBACILLUS CALDOXYLOSILYTICUS; POSIBACTERIA; SACCHAROCOCCUS; SACCHAROCOCCUS CALDOXYLOSILYTICUS; SACCHAROCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0034023135     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-50-2-517     Document Type: Article

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