Flavobacterium xinjiangense sp. nov. and Flavobacterium omnivorum sp. nov., novel psychrophiles from the China No. 1 glacier

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 853-857

  Zhu, Fei ^a   Wang, Shan ^a   Zhou, Peijin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CHITIN; CYTOSINE; DNA 16S; FATTY ACID; GENOMIC DNA; GUANINE; PECTIN; RNA 16S; STARCH;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLAVOBACTERIUM OMNIVORUM; FLAVOBACTERIUM XINJIANGENSE; GENE SEQUENCE; GLACIER; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MACROMOLECULE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE COMPOSITION; CHINA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FATTY ACIDS; FLAVOBACTERIUM; GENOTYPE; ICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLAVOBACTERIUM OMNIVORUM; FLAVOBACTERIUM XINJIANGENSE; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0038315469     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02310-0     Document Type: Article

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