Culturable phylogenetic diversity of the phylum 'Bacteroidetes' from river epilithon and coastal water and description of novel members of the family Flavobacteriaceae: Epilithonimonas tenax gen. nov., sp. nov. and Persicivirga xylanidelens gen. nov., sp. nov

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 169-180

  O'Sullivan, Louise A ^a   Rinna, Joachim ^b   Humphreys, Gavin ^a   Weightman, Andrew J ^a   Fry, John C ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; ORGANIC CARBON; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIODETES; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EPILITHONIMONAS TENAX; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE; GENE SEQUENCE; HETEROTROPHY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERSICIVIRGA XYLANIDELENS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PHYLUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SPECIES HABITAT; TAXONOMY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BASE COMPOSITION; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE; GREAT BRITAIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OCEANS AND SEAS; RIVERS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE; FLAVOBACTERIUM;

EID: 31144477042     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.63941-0     Document Type: Article

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