Phylogenetic and physiological diversity of Arthrobacter strains isolated from unconsolidated subsurface sediments

Microbiology

Volumn 146, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1295-1310

  Crocker, F H ^a,d   Fredrickson, J K ^b   White, D C ^c   Ringelberg, D B ^c,e   Balkwill, D L ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthrobacter; Microbial phylogeny; Subsurface microbiology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

ARTHROBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; MICROCOCCUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE;

ARTHROBACTER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); KOCURIA; MICROCOCCUS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0034082113     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-6-1295     Document Type: Article

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