Description of Kushneria aurantia gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Halomonadaceae, and a proposal for reclassification of Halomonas marisflavi as Kushneria marisflavi comb. nov., of Halomonas indalinina as Kushneria indalinina comb. nov. and of Halomonas avicenniae as Kushneria avicenniae comb. nov.

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 397-405

  Sánchez Porro, Cristina ^a   de la Haba, Rafael R ^a   Soto Ramírez, Nelis ^b   Márquez, M Carmen ^a   Montalvo Rodríguez, Rafael ^b   Ventosa, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACITRACIN; BACTERIAL DNA; CARDIOLIPIN; CEFALOTIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FATTY ACID; GLYCOLIPID; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NOVOBIOCIN; PENICILLIN G; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYMYXIN B; RIFAMPICIN; RNA 16S; RNA 23S; STREPTOMYCIN; UBIQUINONE; VANCOMYCIN;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHEMOTAXONOMY; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENOTYPE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HALOMONADACEAE; HALOMONAS; HALOMONAS AVICENNIAE; HALOMONAS MARISFLAVI; KUSHNERIA AURANTIA; KUSHNERIA AVICENNIAE; KUSHNERIA INDALININA; KUSHNERIA MARISFLAVI; MANGROVE; NEW COMBINATION (TAXONOMY); NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; AVICENNIA; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AVICENNIA GERMINANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOMONADACEAE; HALOMONAS; HALOMONAS MARISFLAVI; NEGIBACTERIA;

AVICENNIA; FATTY ACIDS; HALOMONADACEAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 63449114920     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.001461-0     Document Type: Article

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