Leifsonia pindariensis sp. nov., isolated from the Pindari glacier of the Indian Himalayas, and emended description of the genus Leifsonia

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2229-2344

  Reddy, G S N ^a   Prabagaran, S R ^a   Shivaji, S ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; FATTY ACID; ISOPRENOID; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; RNA 16S; 2,4 DIAMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 2,4-DIAMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINOBUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BACTERIAL DNA; BENZOQUINONE; BENZOQUINONE DERIVATIVE; PIGMENT; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHEMOTAXONOMY; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GLACIER; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LEIFSONIA PINDARIENSIS; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; ACTINOMYCETALES; AEROBIC METABOLISM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ICE COVER; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LOCOMOTION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA GENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEIFSONIA; LEIFSONIA POAE; POSIBACTERIA;

ACTINOMYCETALES; AEROBIOSIS; AMINOBUTYRIC ACIDS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BENZOQUINONES; CELL WALL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FATTY ACIDS; GENES, RRNA; ICE COVER; INDIA; LOCOMOTION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 53749083325     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.65715-0     Document Type: Article

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