Alicyclobacillus pohliae sp. nov., a thermophilic endospore-forming bacterium isolated from geothermal soil of the north-west slope of Mount Melbourne (Antarctica)

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 221-225

  Imperio, Tatiana ^a   Viti, Carlo ^b   Marri, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; FERROUS ION; RNA 16S; SUGAR; BACTERIAL DNA;

ALICYCLOBACILLUS; ALICYCLOBACILLUS POHLIAE; ALICYCLOBACILLUS POMORUM; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSPORE-FORMING RODS AND COCCI; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOIL; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HEAT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA GENE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ALICYCLOBACILLUS; ALICYCLOBACILLUS POMORUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE COMPOSITION; DNA, BACTERIAL; FATTY ACIDS; GENES, RRNA; GRAM-POSITIVE ENDOSPORE-FORMING RODS; HEAT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 40449140074     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.65092-0     Document Type: Article

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