Isolation of novel ultramicrobacteria classified as Actinobacteria from five freshwater habitats in Europe and Asia

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1442-1451

  Hahn, Martin W ^a   Lünsdorf, Heinrich ^b   Wu, Qinglong ^a,c   Schauer, Michael ^a   Höfle, Manfred G ^b   Boenigk, Jens ^a   Stadler, Peter ^a  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; GENES; GROUNDWATER; OCEAN HABITATS; RNA;

ULTRAMICROBACTERIAS;

BACTERIA;

FRESH WATER; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RIBOSOME RNA;

BACTERIUM; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; ASIA; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL SIZE; CLAVIBACTER MICHIGANENSIS; EUROPE; GENE SEQUENCE; HYBRIDIZATION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBACTERIACEAE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASE; RATHAYIBACTER TRITICI; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANIMALS; ASIA; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; FRESH WATER; MASTIGOPHORA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLAVIBACTER MICHIGANENSIS; MICROBACTERIACEAE; OCHROMONAS; PROKARYOTA; RATHAYIBACTER TRITICI; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE; UNCULTURED BACTERIUM;

EID: 0345269205     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.3.1442-1451.2003     Document Type: Article

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