Paenibacillus wynnii sp. nov., a novel species harbouring the nifH gene, isolated from Alexander Island, Antarctica

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 2093-2099

  Rodríguez Díaz, Marina ^a   Lebbe, Liesbeth ^b   Rodelas, Belén ^c   Heyrman, Jeroen ^b   De Vos, Paul ^b   Logan, Niall A ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; NITROGENASE; PROTEIN NIFH; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPLIFIED RIBOSOMAL DNA RESTRICTION ANALYSIS; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOSPORE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENDOSPORE-FORMING RODS AND COCCI; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS WYNNII; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOIL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FATTY ACIDS; GENES, RRNA; GRAM-NEGATIVE FACULTATIVELY ANAEROBIC RODS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHENOTYPE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

NEGIBACTERIA; PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS WYNNII;

EID: 26244449311     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.63395-0     Document Type: Article

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