Virgibacillus halophilus sp. nov., spore-forming bacteria isolated from soil in Japan

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1607-1611

  An, Sun Young ^a   Asahara, Mika ^b   Goto, Keiichi ^b   Kasai, Hiroaki ^c   Yokota, Akira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Mitsui Norin Co Ltd ^*  (Japan)

^c Marine Biotechnology Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CYTOSINE; DIAMINOPIMELIC ACID; FATTY ACID; GUANINE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; RNA 16S;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS (ROD SHAPED BACTERIUM); BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL ENDOSPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; JAPAN; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOIL; SPOROGENESIS; TAXONOMY; VIRGIBACILLUS; VIRGIBACILLUS HALOPHILUS;

AEROBIOSIS; BACILLACEAE; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE COMPOSITION; CELL WALL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FATTY ACIDS; GENES, RRNA; JAPAN; LOCOMOTION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PHYLOGENY; QUINONES; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; VIRGIBACILLUS;

EID: 34547408772     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.64307-0     Document Type: Article

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