Symbiobacterium toebii sp. nov., commensal thermophile isolated from Korean compost

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1013-1017

  Sung, Moon Hee ^a,b,c   Bae, Jin Woo ^a   Kim, Joong Jae ^a   Kim, Kwang ^a   Song, Jae Jun ^a   Rhee, Sung Keun ^a   Jeon, Che Ok ^a   Choi, Yoon Ho ^b   Hong, Seung Pyo ^b   Lee, Seung Goo ^a   Ha, Jae Suk ^a   Kang, Gwan Tae ^a  

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

^b Bioleaders Corporation   (South Korea)

^c Kookmin University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Commensal bacterium; Symbiobacterium toebii sp. nov.; Symbiosis; Thermophilic

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CYTOSINE; DNA 16S; GUANINE; NITRATE; QUINONE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COMMENSALISM; COMPOSTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM STAINING; KOREA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SYMBIOBACTERIUM THERMOPHILUM; SYMBIOBACTERIUM TOEBII; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; SYMBIOBACTERIUM; SYMBIOBACTERIUM THERMOPHILUM; SYMBIOBACTERIUM TOEBII;

EID: 0346728562     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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