Virgibacillus carmonensis sp. nov., Virgibacillus necropolis sp. nov. and Virgibacillus picturae sp. nov., three novel species isolated from deteriorated mural paintings, transfer of the species of the genus Salibacillus to Virgibacillus, as Virgibacillus marismortui comb. nov. and Virgibacillus salexigens comb. nov., and emended description of the genus Virgibacillus

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 501-511

  Heyrman, Jeroen ^a   Logan, Niall A ^b   Busse, Hans Jürgen ^c,d   Balcaen, An ^a   Lebbe, Liesbeth ^a   Rodriguez Diaz, Marina ^b   Swings, Jean ^a   De Vos, Paul ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; FATTY ACID; LIPID; MENAQUINONE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMOTAXONOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; GENE LOCATION; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAINTING; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPAIN; VIRGIBACILLUS;

BACILLUS; BASE COMPOSITION; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFILMS; DNA, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PAINTINGS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CARMONA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; VIRGIBACILLUS; VIRGIBACILLUS CARMONENSIS; VIRGIBACILLUS MARISMORTUI; VIRGIBACILLUS NECROPOLIS; VIRGIBACILLUS PICTURAE; VIRGIBACILLUS SALEXIGENS;

EID: 0037354631     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02371-0     Document Type: Article

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