Sphingomonas melonis sp. nov., a novel pathogen that causes brown spots on yellow Spanish melon fruits

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2081-2087

  Buonaurio, Roberto ^a   Stravato, Vittorio M ^b   Kosako, Yoshimasa ^c   Fujiwara, Nagatoshi ^d   Naka, Takashi ^d   Kobayashi, Kazou ^d   Cappelli, Curgonio ^a   Yabuuchi, Eiko ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b GENISTA srl Centro di Ricerca   (Italy)

^c RIKEN BIORESOURCE CENTER   (Japan)

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

^e GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brown spot on melon fruit; Cucumis melo var. inodorus; Polyphasic taxonomy; Sphingomonas melonis sp. nov.

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE DERIVATIVE; DNA 16S; FATTY ACID; LIPID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BROWN SPOT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; GENUS; MELON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES; SPHINGOMONAS; SPHINGOMONAS ASACCHAROLYTICA; SPHINGOMONAS MALI; SPHINGOMONAS MELONIS; SPHINGOMONAS PRUNI; TAXONOMY;

CUCUMIS MELO; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FRUIT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPHINGOMONAS; TERMINOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO; MELO; MELONIS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PUNCTUM BLANDIANUM; SPHINGOMONAS ASACCHAROLYTICA; SPHINGOMONAS MALI; SPHINGOMONAS MELONIS; SPHINGOMONAS PRUNI;

EID: 0036866608     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02063-0     Document Type: Article

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