Tsukamurella spumae sp. nov., a novel actinomycete associated with foaming in activated sludge plants

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 367-375

  Nam, Sun Woo ^a   Chun, Jongsik ^b   Kim, Seungbum ^a   Kim, Wonyong ^a,c   Zakrzewska Czerwinska, Jolanta ^d   Goodfellow, Michael ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Chung Ang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY   (Poland)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Mycolic acids; Polyphasic taxonomy; Tsukamurella spumae sp. nov.

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHEMOTAXONOMY; DNA SEQUENCE; FOAMING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TSUKAMURELLA SPUMAE;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); TSUKAMURELLA; TSUKAMURELLA PAUROMETABOLA; TSUKAMURELLA SPUMAE; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0141593801     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/072320203322497392     Document Type: Article

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