Reidentification of facultatively alkaliphilic Bacillus firmus OF4 as Bacillus pseudofirmus OF4

Extremophiles

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 19-22

  Takami, Hideto ^a   Krulwich, Terry Ann ^b  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Alkaliphilic Bacillus pseudofirmus OF4; DNA DNA hybridization; Phylogenetic tree

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENE SEQUENCING; GENETIC STRAIN; PHYLOGENY; RIBOSOMAL DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACILLUS FIRMUS; BACILLUS PSEUDOFIRMUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0034096510     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007920050003     Document Type: Article

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