Proposal of Pseudorhodobacter ferrugineus gen. nov., comb. nov., for a non-photosynthetic marine bacterium, Agrobacterium ferrugineum, related to the genus Rhodobacter

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 309-319

  Uchino, Yoshihito ^b   Hamada, Tohru ^a   Yokota, Akira ^b  

^a MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

16S rRNA sequence; 23S rRNA sequence; Agrobacterium ferrugineum; Bacterial taxonomy; DNA gyrase sequence; Pseudorhodobacter ferrugineus gen. nov., comb. nov.; Rhodobacter

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL A; CYTOSINE; DECANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); FATTY ACID; GUANINE; MYRISTIC ACID DERIVATIVE; RNA 16S; RNA 23S; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIOPLANKTON; CELL MEMBRANE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE CLUSTER; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDORHODOBACTER FERRUGINEUS; RHIZOBIUM; RHODOBACTER; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMY;

BASE COMPOSITION; DNA GYRASE; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; RHIZOBIUM; RHODOBACTER; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AGROBACTERIUM; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSERTION SEQUENCES; NEGIBACTERIA; PHOTOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDORHODOBACTER FERRUGINEUS; RHODOBACTER; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; UNCULTURED MARINE BACTERIUM;

EID: 0344088986     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.48.309     Document Type: Article

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