Rhodococcus aetherivorans sp. nov., A New Species that Contains Methyl t-butyl Ether-Degrading Actinomycetes

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-65

  Goodfellow, Michael ^a   Jones, Amanda L ^a,b   Maldonado, Luis A ^a   Salanitro, Joseph ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

Methyl t butyl ether degrader; Polyphasic taxonomy; Rhodococcus aetherivorans sp. nov.

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS AETHERIVORANS; RHODOCOCCUS RHODOCHROUS; RHODOCOCCUS RUBER; TAXONOMY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS AETHERIVORANS; RHODOCOCCUS RHODOCHROUS; RHODOCOCCUS RUBER; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 1542318368     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0723-2020-00254     Document Type: Article

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