The halotolerance and phylogeny of cyanobacteria with tightly coiled trichomes (Spirulina turpin) and the description of Halospirulina tapeticola gen. nov., sp. nov.

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1265-1277

  Nübel, Ulrich ^a,b   Garcia Pichel, Ferran ^a,c   Muyzer, Gerard ^a,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Halotolerance; Hatospirutina; Microbial mats; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

PIGMENT; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; HALOSPIRULINA TAPETICOLA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPIRULINA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; HALOSPIRULINA; HALOSPIRULINA TAPETICOLA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SPIRULINA; SPIRULINA TURPIN;

EID: 0342804498     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-50-3-1265     Document Type: Article

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