Kocuria polaris sp. nov., an orange-pigmented psychrophilic bacterium isolated from an Antarctic cyanobacterial mat sample

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 183-187

  Reddy, Gundlapally S N ^a   Prakash, Jogadhenu S S ^a   Prabahar, Vadivel ^a   Matsumoto, Genki I ^b   Stackebrandt, Erko ^c   Shivaji, Sisinthy ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

^b OTSUMA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHEMOTAXONOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; KOCURIA KRISTINAE; KOCURIA PALUSTRIS; KOCURIA POLARIS; KOCURIA RHIZOPHILA; KOCURIA ROSEA; KOCURIA VARIANS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; CYANOBACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; MICROCOCCACEAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTATION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; KOCURIA; KOCURIA KRISTINAE; KOCURIA PALUSTRIS; KOCURIA POLARIS; KOCURIA RHIZOPHILA; KOCURIA ROSEA; KOCURIA VARIANS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0037215099     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02336-0     Document Type: Article

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