Emended descriptions of the genus Lewinella and of Lewinella cohaerens, Lewinella nigricans and Lewinella persica, and description of Lewinella lutea sp. nov. and Lewinella marina sp. nov

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2946-2951

  Khan, Shams Tabrez ^a   Fukunaga, Yukiyo ^a   Nakagawa, Yasuyoshi ^a   Harayama, Shigeaki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND EVALUATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HERPETOSIPHON; JAPAN; LEWINELLA COHAERENS; LEWINELLA LUTEA; LEWINELLA MARINA; LEWINELLA NIGRICANS; LEWINELLA PERSICA; MARINE BACTERIUM; MARINE SNAIL; MARINE SPECIES; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPOSITION; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

AEROBIOSIS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BACTEROIDETES; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FATTY ACIDS; GENES, RRNA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; JAPAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; STARCH;

GASTROPODA; LEWINELLA; LEWINELLA COHAERENS; LEWINELLA NIGRICANS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 37449032970     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.65308-0     Document Type: Article

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