Characterization of the ribosomal rrnD operon of the cephamycin-producer 'Nocardia lactamdurans' shows that this actinomycete belongs to the genus Amycolatopsis

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 15-24

  Barreiro, Carlos ^a   Pisabarro, Agustín ^a   Martín, Juan F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Amycolatopsis; Cephamycin; Nocardia lactamdurans; Phylogenetic studies; RRNA operons

Indexed keywords

CEPHAMYCIN; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COSMID; DNA LIBRARY; NOCARDIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); AMYCOLATOPSIS; AMYCOLATOPSIS ALBA; AMYCOLATOPSIS COLORADENSIS; AMYCOLATOPSIS LACTAMDURANS; AMYCOLATOPSIS ORIENTALIS; AMYCOLATOPSIS SP.; AMYCOLATOPSIS SULPHUREA; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM LACTOFERMENTUM; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA LACTAMDURANS; PROKARYOTA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0034054338     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0723-2020(00)80041-7     Document Type: Article

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