Chitiniphilus shinanonensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel chitin-degrading bacterium belonging to Betaproteobacteria

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 147-153

  Sato, Kazuaki ^a   Kato, Yuichi ^a   Taguchi, Goro ^a   Nogawa, Masahiro ^a   Yokota, Akira ^b   Shimosaka, Makoto ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene sequence; Betaproteobacteria; Chitin; Chitiniphilus shinanonensis gen. nov.; Chitinolytic bacterium; Neisseriaceae; Sp. nov.

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; CHITIN; CYTOSINE; FATTY ACID; GUANINE; MENAQUINONE; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBON SOURCE; CHEMOTAXONOMY; CHITINIPHILUS SHINANONENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONTENT; JAPAN; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NEISSERIACEAE; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; RNA SEQUENCE;

CHEMOTAXIS; CHITIN; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIACEAE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIACEAE;

EID: 67649160143     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: 13498037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.55.147     Document Type: Article

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