Fangia hongkongensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel gammaproteobacterium of the order Thiotrichales isolated from coastal seawater of Hong Kong

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2665-2669

  Lau, Ken W K ^a   Ren, Jianping ^a   Fung, Ming Chiu ^b   Woo, Patrick C Y ^c   Yuen, Kwok Yung ^c   Chan, Kelvin K M ^b   Qian, Pei Yuan ^a   Wong, Po Keung ^b   Wu, Madeline ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL RNA; CHLORAMPHENICOL; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; POLYMYXIN B; RNA 16S; SEA WATER; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; UBIQUINONE;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAEDIBACTER TAENIOSPIRALIS; CELL SHAPE; CLADISTICS; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FANGIA HONGKONGENSIS; FRANCISELLA NOVICIDA; FRANCISELLA PHILOMIRAGIA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HONG KONG; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; THIOTRICHALES; WOLBACHIA PERSICA;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FATTY ACIDS; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENES, RRNA; HONG KONG; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAEDIBACTER TAENIOSPIRALIS; FRANCISELLA PHILOMIRAGIA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS SUBSP. NOVICIDA; FRANCISELLACEAE; NEGIBACTERIA; THIOTRICHALES; WOLBACHIA PERSICA;

EID: 36549059617     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.65156-0     Document Type: Article

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