Amycolatopsis thermoflava sp. nov., a novel soil actinomycete from Hainan Island, China

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1369-1373

  Chun, Jongsik ^a,d   Kim, Seung Bum ^b   Oh, Youn Kyung ^c   Seong, Chi Nam ^c   Lee, Dong Hun ^d,e   Bae, Kyung Sook ^d   Lee, Kye Joon ^a   Kang, Sa Ouk ^a   Hah, Yung Chil ^a   Goodfellow, Michael ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Sunchon National University   (South Korea)

^d Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

^e Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

16S rDNA sequencing; Amycolatopsis thermofiava sp. nov.; Polyphasic taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ACTINOMYCES; AMYCOLATOPSIS THERMOFLAVA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHINA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL MICROFLORA;

AMYCOLATOPSIS THERMOFLAVA; NOCARDIA;

EID: 0345035310     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-49-4-1369     Document Type: Article

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