Three isolates of novel polyphosphate-accumulating Gram-positive cocci, obtained from activated sludge, belong to a new genus, Tetrasphaera gen. nov., and description of two new species, Tetrasphaera japonica sp. nov. and Tetrasphaera australiensis sp. nov.

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 593-603

  Maszenan, A M ^a   Seviour, R J ^a   Patel, B K C ^b   Schumann, P ^c   Burghardt, J ^c   Tokiwa, Y ^d   Stratton, H M ^a,b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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

^d Ministry of International Trade and Industry   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Biological nutrient removal; G bacteria; Intrasporangiaceae; Tetrasphaera

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLIPIN; DIAMINO ACID; MENAQUINONE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHEMOTAXONOMY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TETRASPHAERA; TETRASPHAERA AUSTRALIENSIS; TETRASPHAERA JAPONICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FRIEDMANNIELLA CAPSULATA; FRIEDMANNIELLA SPUMICOLA; INTRASPORANGIACEAE; JAPONICA; POSIBACTERIA; TESSARACOCCUS BENDIGOENSIS; TETRASPHAERA; TETRASPHAERA AUSTRALIENSIS; TETRASPHAERA JAPONICA;

EID: 0034121408     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-50-2-593     Document Type: Article

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