Alteromonas tagae sp. nov. and Alteromonas simiduii sp. nov., mercury-resistant bacteria isolated from a Taiwanese estuary

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1209-1216

  Chiu, Hsiu Hui ^a   Shieh, Wung Yang ^a   Lin, Silk Yu ^a   Tseng, Chun Mao ^a,b   Chiang, Pei Wen ^b   Wagner Döbler, Irene ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; RNA 16S; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ALTEROMONAS; ALTEROMONAS SIMIDUII; ALTEROMONAS TAGAE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ESTUARY; GENE SEQUENCE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AEROBIOSIS; ALTEROMONAS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BASE COMPOSITION; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FERMENTATION; GENES, RRNA; GENTIAN VIOLET; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIPIDS; LOCOMOTION; MERCURY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRATES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHENAZINES; PHYLOGENY; QUINONES; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TAIWAN; TEMPERATURE;

ALTEROMONAS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 34250724454     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.64762-0     Document Type: Article

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