Gordonia defluvii sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from activated sludge foam

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2265-2269

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

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRANCHING MORPHOGENESIS; CHEMOTAXONOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; GENOTYPE; GORDONIA; GORDONIA BRONCHIALIS; GORDONIA DEFLUVII; GORDONIA TERRAE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROMANIPULATION; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; GENOTYPE; GORDONIA BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEWAGE;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; GORDONIA (ACTINOMYCETE); GORDONIA BRONCHIALIS; GORDONIA DEFLUVII; GORDONIA TERRAE; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 33750013753     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.64034-0     Document Type: Article

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