Virgibacillus salarius sp. nov., a halophilic bacterium isolated from a Saharan salt lake

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2409-2414

  Hua, Ngoc Phuc ^a   Hamza Chaffai, Amel ^b   Vreeland, Russell H ^c   Isoda, Hiroko ^d   Naganuma, Takeshi ^a,d  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^c WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLIPIN; MENAQUINONE; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS (ROD SHAPED BACTERIUM); BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHEMOTAXONOMY; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENOTYPE; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; LIPID COMPOSITION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SALT LAKE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMIC RANK; TUNISIA; VIRGIBACILLUS SALARIUS;

BACILLACEAE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FATTY ACIDS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, RRNA; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TUNISIA; VITAMIN K 2; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; VIRGIBACILLUS; VIRGIBACILLUS MARISMORTUI; VIRGIBACILLUS PANTOTHENTICUS;

EID: 55849152402     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.65693-0     Document Type: Article

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