Emendation of the genus Sphingomonas Yabuuchi et al. 1990 and junior objective synonymy of the species of three genera, Sphingobium, Novosphingobium and Sphingopyxis, in conjuction with Blastomonas ursincola

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1485-1496

  Yabuuchi, Eiko ^a   Kosako, Yoshimasa ^a   Fujiwara, Nagatoshi ^a   Naka, Takashi ^a   Matsunaga, Isamu ^a   Ogura, Hisashi ^a   Kobayashi, Kazuo ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

2 hydroxymyristic acid; Alcapton; Bacteriochlorophyll a; Glucuronosyl ceramide

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; CERAMIDE DERIVATIVE; DNA 16S; FATTY ACID; GLYCOSPHINGOLIPID; LIPID; MYRISTIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPHINGOMONAS; SPHINGOMONAS PAUCIMOBILIS;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FATTY ACIDS; LIPIDS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPHINGOMONAS; TERMINOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BLASTOBACTER; BLASTOMONAS; BLASTOMONAS NATATORIA; ERYTHROBACTER; NEGIBACTERIA; NOVOSPHINGOBIUM; PHOTOBACTERIA; PORPHYROBACTER; SPHINGOBIUM; SPHINGOMONADACEAE; SPHINGOMONAS; SPHINGOMONAS PAUCIMOBILIS; SPHINGOMONAS URSINCOLA; SPHINGOPYXIS;

EID: 0036737838     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.01868-0     Document Type: Article

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