Taxonomic rearrangements of the genera thiocapsa and Amoebobacter on the basis of 16s rDNA sequence analyses, and description of Thiolamprovum gen. nov.

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 957-964

  Guyoneaud, Rémy ^a   Süling, Jörg ^b   Petri, Ralf ^b   Matheron, Robert ^c   Caumette, Pierre ^a   Pfennig, Norbert ^d   Imhoff, Johannes F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

16S rDNA sequences; Amoebobacter; Chromatiaceae; Genetic relationships; Taxonomy; Thiocapsa; Thiolamprovum

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMATIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY;

AMOEBOBACTER; AMOEBOBACTER PEDIOFORMIS; AMOEBOBACTER PENDENS; AMOEBOBACTER PURPUREUS; AMOEBOBACTER ROSEUS; CHROMATIACEAE; CHROMATIUM; HALOPHILA; LAMPROCYSTIS PURPUREA; THIOCAPSA; THIOCAPSA HALOPHILA; THIOCAPSA PENDENS; THIOCAPSA PFENNIGII; THIOCAPSA ROSEA; THIOCAPSA ROSEOPERSICINA; THIOCOCCUS PFENNIGII; THIOHALOCAPSA HALOPHILA; THIOLAMPROVUM; THIOLAMPROVUM PEDIOFORME;

EID: 0345516033     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-48-3-957     Document Type: Article

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