Methylocystis hirsuta sp. nov., a novel methanotroph isolated from a groundwater aquifer

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1891-1900

  Lindner, Angela S ^a   Pacheco, Adriana ^a   Aldrich, Henry C ^b   Staniec, Andria Costello ^c   Uz, Ilker ^b,d   Hodson, David J ^a,e  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Syracuse University   (United States)

^d GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL RNA; GROUND WATER; METHANE; METHANE MONOOXYGENASE; RNA 16S;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; METHYLOCYSTACEAE; METHYLOCYSTIS ECHINOIDES; METHYLOCYSTIS HIRSUTA; METHYLOCYSTIS ROSEA; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FRESH WATER; METHYLOCYSTACEAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHYLOCYSTACEAE; METHYLOCYSTIS; METHYLOCYSTIS ECHINOIDES; METHYLOCYSTIS ROSEA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 34548156030     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.64541-0     Document Type: Article

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