Modestobacter versicolor sp. nov., an actinobacterium from biological soil crusts that produces melanins under oligotrophy, with emended descriptions of the genus Modestobacter and Modestobacter multiseptatus Mevs et al. 2000

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2014-2020

  Reddy, Gundlapally S N ^a   Potrafka, Ruth M ^a   Garcia Pichel, Ferran ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZTREONAM; BACITRACIN; BACTERIAL RNA; CARBENICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; DIAMINOPIMELIC ACID; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; GENTAMICIN; MELANIN; MENAQUINONE; NITROFURANTOIN; NITROGEN; NOVOBIOCIN; PENICILLIN G; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; POLYMYXIN B; RIFAMPICIN; RNA 16S; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAFURAZOLE; SULFATHIAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHEMOTAXONOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; MELANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; MODESTOBACTER; MODESTOBACTER MULTISEPTATUS; MODESTOBACTER VERSICOLOR; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOIL MICROFLORA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; UNITED STATES;

ACTINOMYCETALES; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DIAMINOPIMELIC ACID; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FATTY ACIDS; GENES, RRNA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LOCOMOTION; MELANINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PHYLOGENY; QUINONES; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; TEMPERATURE;

MODESTOBACTER; MODESTOBACTER MULTISEPTATUS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 34848866067     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.64932-0     Document Type: Article

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