Gordonia paraffinivorans sp. nov., a hydrocarbon-degrading actinomycete isolated from an oil-producing well

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1643-1646

  Xue, Yanfen ^a   Sun, Xuesong ^a,b   Zhou, Peijin ^a   Liu, Rulin ^b   Liang, Fenglai ^b   Ma, Yanhe ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CARBON; CYTOSINE; DNA 16S; GUANINE; HYDROCARBON; MENAQUINONE; MYCOLIC ACID; OIL; SATURATED FATTY ACID; TUBERCULOSTEARIC ACID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHEMOTAXONOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; DNA CONTENT; DNA DETERMINATION; GENUS; GORDONIA PARAFFINIVORANS; NEW SPECIES; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASE COMPOSITION; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FATTY ACIDS; FUEL OILS; GORDONIA BACTERIUM; HYDROCARBONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GORDONIA PARAFFINIVORANS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0141837146     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02605-0     Document Type: Article

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