Halalkalicoccus tibetensis gen. nov., sp. nov., representing a novel genus of haloalkaliphilic archaea

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2501-2505

  Xue, Yanfen ^a   Fan, Huapeng ^a   Ventosa, Antonio ^b   Grant, William D ^c   Jones, Brian E ^d   Cowan, Don A ^e   Ma, Yanhe ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d Genencor International BV   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOLIPID; LIPID; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; RNA 16S; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; HALALKALICOCCUS TIBETENSIS; HALOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TAXONOMY;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHINA; DNA, ARCHAEAL; HALOBACTERIACEAE; LIPIDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOBACTERIACEAE; HALOBACTERIUM;

EID: 27844515080     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.63916-0     Document Type: Article

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