Enhygromyxa salina gen. nov., sp. nov., a slightly halophilic myxobacterium isolated from the coastal areas of Japan

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 189-196

  Iizuka, Takashi ^a   Jojima, Yasuko ^a   Fudou, Ryosuke ^a   Tokura, Mitsunori ^a   Hiraishi, Akira ^b   Yamanaka, Shigeru ^a,c  

^a AJINOMOTO CO INC   (Japan)

^b TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Enhygromyxa salina gen. nov., sp. nov.; Marine myxobacteria; Polyphasic taxonomy; The genus Nannocystis; The genus Plesiocystis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; DNA; HOMARYLAMINE; MAGNESIUM ION; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; RIBOSOME DNA; SEA WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIOLYSIS; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHEMOTAXONOMY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DNA CONTENT; DNA SEQUENCE; ENHYGROMYXA SALINA; FRUITING BODY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH STIMULATION; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; JAPAN; MOTION; MYXOCOCCALES; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PLESIOCYSTIS PACIFICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALT TOLERANCE; SAND; SEASHORE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENHYGROMYXA SALINA; MYXOCOCCALES; NANNOCYSTIS; NEGIBACTERIA; PLESIOCYSTIS; PLESIOCYSTIS PACIFICA; PROKARYOTA; SALINA;

EID: 0038005026     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/072320203322346038     Document Type: Article

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