Millisia gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from activated sludge foam

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 739-744

  Soddell, Jacques A ^a   Stainsby, Fiona M ^b   Eales, Kathryn L ^a   Kroppenstedt, Reiner M ^c   Seviour, Robert J ^a   Goodfellow, Michael ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABINOSE; CARBON; DIAMINOPIMELIC ACID; FATTY ACID; GALACTOSE; MANNOSIDE; MENAQUINONE; MURAMIC ACID; MYCOLIC ACID; MYRISTIC ACID; OLEIC ACID; PALMITOLEIC ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; RNA 16S; STEARIC ACID; TUBERCULOSTEARIC ACID;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHEMOTAXONOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; MILLISIA BREVIS; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEWAGE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM; MILLISIA; MILLISIA BREVIS;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CELL WALL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 33646173211     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.63855-0     Document Type: Article

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