Sulfitobacter mediterraneus sp. nov., a new sulfite-oxidizing member of the α-Proteobacteria

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 513-519

  Pukall, Rüdiger ^a   Buntefuß, Daniela ^a   Frühling, Anja ^a   Ronde, Manfred ^b   Kroppenstedt, Reiner M ^a   Burghardt, Jutta ^a   Lebaron, Philippe ^c   Bernard, Laetitia ^c   Stackebrandt, Erko ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c LABORATOIRE ARAGO   (France)

Author keywords

16S rDNA analysis; Chemotaxonomy; Sulfitobacter mediterraneus; subclass of Proteobacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHEMOTAXONOMY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; LIPID ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SULFITOBACTER MEDITERRANEUS;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA; SULFITOBACTER; SULFITOBACTER MEDITERRANEUS; SULFITOBACTER PONTIACUS;

EID: 0344780795     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-49-2-513     Document Type: Article

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