Wautersia gen. nov., a novel genus accomodating the phylogenetic lineage including Ralstonia eutropha and related species, and proposal of Ralstonia [Pseudomonas] syzygii (Roberts et al. 1990) comb. nov

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 317-327

  Vaneechoutte, Mario ^a   Kämpfer, Peter ^b   De Baere, Thierry ^a   Falsen, Enevold ^c   Verschraegen, Gerda ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; AGAR; BACTERIAL DNA; CARBOHYDRATE; COLISTIN; DNA 16S; GLUCOSE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; FLAGELLUM; GENUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; RALSTONIA; RALSTONIA BASILENSIS; RALSTONIA CAMPINENSIS; RALSTONIA GILARDII; RALSTONIA INSIDIOSA; RALSTONIA MANNITOLILYTICA; RALSTONIA METALLIDURANS; RALSTONIA OXALATICA; RALSTONIA PAUCULA; RALSTONIA PICKETTII; RALSTONIA RESPIRACULI; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; RALSTONIA SYZGII; RALSTONIA TAIWANENSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; WAUTERSIA; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

BURKHOLDERIACEAE; CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; DNA, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RALSTONIA;

PSEUDOMONAS; RALSTONIA; RALSTONIA INSIDIOSA; RALSTONIA MANNITOLILYTICA; RALSTONIA PICKETTII; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; RALSTONIA SYZYGII; WAUTERSIA; WAUTERSIA BASILENSIS; WAUTERSIA CAMPINENSIS; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA; WAUTERSIA GILARDII; WAUTERSIA METALLIDURANS; WAUTERSIA OXALATICA; WAUTERSIA PAUCULA; WAUTERSIA RESPIRACULI; WAUTERSIA TAIWANENSIS;

EID: 1842423292     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02754-0     Document Type: Article

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