Emended descriptions of the genera Myxococcus and Corallococcus, typification of the species Myxococcus stipitatus and Myxococcus macrosporus and a proposal that they be represented by neotype strains. Request for an opinion

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2122-2128

  Lang, Elke ^a   Stackebrandt, Erko ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; KANAMYCIN; RNA 16S; STREPTOMYCIN; BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHEMOTAXONOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORALLOCOCCUS; GENUS; LIPID COMPOSITION; MYXOCOCCUS; MYXOCOCCUS MACROSPORUS; MYXOCOCCUS STIPITATUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MYXOCOCCALES;

CORALLOCOCCUS; MYXOCOCCUS; MYXOCOCCUS MACROSPORUS; MYXOCOCCUS STIPITATUS;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FATTY ACIDS; MYXOCOCCALES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 70349312824     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.003566-0     Document Type: Article

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