Ramlibacter tataouinensis gen. nov., sp. nov., and Ramlibacter henchirensis sp. nov., cyst-producing bacteria isolated from subdesert soil in Tunisia

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 589-594

  Heulin, Thierry ^a   Barakat, Mohamed ^a   Christen, Richard ^b   Lesourd, Maurice ^c   Sutra, Laurent ^c   De Luca, Gilles ^a   Achouak, Wafa ^a  

^a IRFM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESERT CLIMATE; DNA CONTENT; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMLIBACTER HENCHIRENSIS; RAMLIBACTER TATAOUINENSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TUNISIA;

BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; FATTY ACIDS; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHYLOGENY; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TUNISIA;

ACIDOVORAX; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; HYDROGENOPHAGA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA; RAMLIBACTER HENCHIRENSIS; RAMLIBACTER TATAOUINENSIS;

EID: 0037360511     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02482-0     Document Type: Article

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