Sphingobium amiense sp. nov., a novel nonylphenol-degrading bacterium isolated from a river sediment

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2045-2048

  Ushiba, Yuuji ^a   Takahara, Yoshiharu ^a   Ohta, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; NONYLPHENOL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DEGRADATION; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; JAPAN; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SPHINGOBIUM AMIENSE; SPHINGOBIUM YANOIKUYAE; SPHINGOMONAS; SPHINGOMONAS CLOACAE; TAXONOMY;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; JAPAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SPHINGOBIUM; SPHINGOBIUM AMIENSE; SPHINGOBIUM YANOIKUYAE; SPHINGOMONAS; SPHINGOMONAS CLOACAE;

EID: 0345327871     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02581-0     Document Type: Article

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