Nocardia cerradoensis sp. nov., a novel isolate from Cerrado soil in Brazil

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-33

  Albuquerque de Barros, Erika V S ^a   Manfio, Gilson P ^b,e   Maitan, Valéria Ribiero ^c   Mendes Bataus, Luiz A ^c   Kim, Seung Bum ^d,f   Maldonado, Luis A ^d   Goodfellow, Michael ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b Fundacao Andre Tosello Pesquisa e Tecnologia   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^f Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA AFRICANA; NOCARDIA CERRADOENSIS; NOCARDIA VACCINII; NOCARDIA VETERANA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL MICROFLORA;

BRAZIL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NOCARDIA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA AFRICANA; NOCARDIA CERRADOENSIS; NOCARDIA VACCINII; NOCARDIA VETERANA; PROKARYOTA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0037216213     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02020-0     Document Type: Article

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