Polyphasic Characterization of Bacillus coagulans Strains, Illustrating Heterogeneity within this Species, and Emended Description of the Species

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 50-60

  De Clerck, Elke ^a,c   Rodriguez Diaz, Marina ^b   Forsyth, Gillian ^b   Lebbe, Liesbeth ^a   Logan, Niall A ^b   DeVos, Paul ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bacillus coagulans; Emended description; Polyphasic characterisation

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S;

AMPLIFIED RIBOSOMAL DNA RESTRICTION ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BACILLUS COAGULANS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FOOD SPOILAGE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY;

BACILLUS COAGULANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 1542348441     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0723-2020-00250     Document Type: Article

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