Virgibacillus sediminis sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a salt lake in China

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2058-2063

  Chen, Yi Guang ^a,b   Cui, Xiao Long ^a   Wang, Yong Xia ^a   Zhang, Yu Qin ^a,c   Tang, Shu Kun ^a   Li, Wen Jun ^a   Liu, Zhu Xiang ^b   Wen, Meng Liang ^a   Peng, Qian ^a  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JISHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL BIOTECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CARDIOLIPIN; CATALASE; DIAMINOPIMELIC ACID; FATTY ACID; MENAQUINONE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; PHOSPHOLIPID; RNA 16S; SODIUM CHLORIDE; AMINO ACID; INORGANIC SALT; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; RIBOSOME DNA;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL ENDOSPORE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL MOTILITY; CHEMOTAXONOMY; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; GENUS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SALT LAKE; SPORANGIUM; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TEMPERATURE; VIRGIBACILLUS SEDIMINIS; AEROBIC METABOLISM; BACILLACEAE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; SEDIMENT;

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

AEROBIOSIS; AMINO ACIDS; BACILLACEAE; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE COMPOSITION; CATALASE; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FATTY ACIDS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PHYLOGENY; QUINONES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SALTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 70349330942     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.003624-0     Document Type: Article

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