Brevibacillus levickii sp. nov. and Aneurinibacillus terranovensis sp. nov., two novel thermoacidophiles isolated from geothermal soils of northern Victoria Land, Antarctica

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1039-1050

  Allan, R N ^a   Lebbe, L ^b   Heyrman, J ^b   De Vos, P ^b   Buchanan, C J ^a   Logan, N A ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; POTASSIUM ION; RNA 16S;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANEURINIBACILLUS TERRANOVENSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BREVIBACILLUS; BREVIBACILLUS LEVICKII; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSPORE-FORMING RODS AND COCCI; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL MICROFLORA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE COMPOSITION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENES, RRNA; GLUTAMIC ACID; GRAM-POSITIVE ENDOSPORE-FORMING RODS; HEAT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ION TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOME; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ANEURINIBACILLUS; ANEURINIBACILLUS TERRANOVENSIS; BREVIBACILLUS; BREVIBACILLUS LEVICKII; VICTORIA;

EID: 19544379735     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.63397-0     Document Type: Article

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