Pontibacillus chungwhensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic Gram-positive bacterium from a solar saltern in Korea

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 165-170

  Lim, Jee Min ^a   Jeon, Che Ok ^a   Song, Sung Min ^a   Kim, Chang Jin ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMINO ACID; DIAMINOPIMELIC ACID; FATTY ACID; ISOPRENOID; MENAQUINONE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; RNA 16S; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA CONTENT; FILOBACILLUS; GENUS; GRACILIBACILLUS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HALOBACILLUS; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; KOREA; LENTIBACILLUS; LIPID COMPOSITION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MONOPHYLY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PONTIBACILLUS CHUNGWHENSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SPOROGENESIS; TEMPERATURE; TYPE STRAIN; VIRGIBACILLUS;

BACILLACEAE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; KOREA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FILOBACILLUS; GRACILIBACILLUS; HALOBACILLUS; LENTIBACILLUS; POSIBACTERIA; VIRGIBACILLUS;

EID: 13244295541     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.63315-0     Document Type: Article

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