Reclassification of Flexibacter aggregans (Lewin 1969) Leadbetter 1974 as a later heterotypic synonym of Flexithrix dorotheae Lewin 1970

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1086-1088

  Hosoya, Shoichi ^a   Yokota, Akira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; FLEXIBACTER; FLEXIBACTER AGGREGANS; GENUS; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY;

BASE COMPOSITION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FATTY ACIDS; FLEXIBACTER; GENES, RRNA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

FLEXIBACTER AGGREGANS; FLEXITHRIX; FLEXITHRIX DOROTHEAE;

EID: 34249045312     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.64798-0     Document Type: Article

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