Deinococcus indicus sp. nov., an arsenic-resistant bacterium from an aquifer in West Bengal, India

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 457-461

  Suresh, K ^a   Reddy, G S N ^a   Sengupta, S ^b   Shivaji, S ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE DEIMINASE; ARSENIC; ARSENIC ACID; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; CYTOSINE; DIAMINO ACID; FATTY ACID; GUANOSINE; LIPID; MENAQUINONE; ORNITHINE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; RNA 16S;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CARBON SOURCE; CHEMOTAXONOMY; DEINOCOCCACEAE; DEINOCOCCUS GRANDIS; DEINOCOCCUS INDICUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; INDIA; LIPID COMPOSITION; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ARSENIC; BASE COMPOSITION; DEINOCOCCUS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; INDIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DEINOCOCCUS; DEINOCOCCUS GRANDIS; DEINOCOCCUS INDICUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 1842579628     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02758-0     Document Type: Article

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