Lentisphaera araneosa gen. nov., sp. nov, a transparent exopolymer producing marine bacterium, and the description of a novel bacterial phylum, Lentisphaerae

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 611-621

  Cho, Jang Cheon ^a   Vergin, Kevin L ^a   Morris, Robert M ^a   Giovannoni, Stephen J ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMER; RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA; BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OREGON; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LENTISPHAERA ARANEOSA; LENTISPHAERAE; LENTISPHAERALES; NEGIBACTERIA; UNCULTURED MARINE BACTERIUM; VICTIVALLALES; VICTIVALLIS;

EID: 2642554918     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2004.00614.x     Document Type: Article

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