Proposal of Lysinibacillus boronitolerans gen. nov. sp. nov., and transfer of Bacillus fusiformis to Lysinibacillus fusiformis comb. nov. and Bacillus sphaericus to Lysinibacillus sphaericus comb. nov

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1117-1125

  Ahmed, Iftikhar ^a,b   Yokota, Akira ^a   Yamazoe, Atsushi ^a   Fujiwara, Toru ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; ALANINE; ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; BORON; CYTOSINE; FATTY ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GUANINE; LYSINE; MENAQUINONE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; RNA 16S; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA CONTENT; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LYSINIBACILLUS BORONITOLERANS; LYSINIBACILLUS FUSIFORMIS; LYSINIBACILLUS SPHAERICUS; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; TEMPERATURE; TYPE STRAIN;

BACILLACEAE; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE COMPOSITION; BORON; CELL WALL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FATTY ACIDS; GENES, RRNA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PHYLOGENY; QUINONES; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS FUSIFORMIS; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LURIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 34249005168     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.63867-0     Document Type: Article

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