Leucobacter chironomi sp. nov., a chromate-resistant bacterium isolated from a chironomid egg mass

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 665-670

  Halpern, Malka ^a   Shakéd, Tamar ^a   Pukall, Rüdiger ^b   Schumann, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,4 DIAMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALANINE; AMINO ACID; CHROMIC ACID; FATTY ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; MENAQUINONE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; RNA 16S; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THREONINE; BACTERIAL DNA; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; RIBOSOME DNA;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS (ROD SHAPED BACTERIUM); BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHIRONOMIDAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FAMILIA; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; ISRAEL; LEUCOBACTER CHIRONOMI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; TEMPERATURE; TYPE STRAIN; ACTINOMYCETALES; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHIRONOMIDAE; LEUCOBACTER; MICROBACTERIACEAE; POSIBACTERIA;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CELL WALL; CHIRONOMIDAE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FATTY ACIDS; ISRAEL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; QUINONES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 66149084478     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.004663-0     Document Type: Article

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