Virgibacillus arcticus sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, endospore-forming bacterium from permafrost in the Canadian high Arctic

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2219-2225

  Niederberger, Thomas D ^a   Steven, Blaire ^a   Charvet, Sophie ^a   Barbier, Beatrice ^a   Whyte, Lyle G ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; FATTY ACID; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; RNA 16S; SODIUM CHLORIDE; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BACILLALES; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONTENT; ENDOSPORE-FORMING RODS AND COCCI; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SIMILARITY; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; VIRGIBACILLUS ARCTICUS; VIRGIBACILLUS CARMONENSIS; VIRGIBACILLUS NECROPOLIS; BACILLACEAE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CANADA; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHYLOGENY; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIRGIBACILLUS; VIRGIBACILLUS CARMONENSIS; VIRGIBACILLUS NECROPOLIS;

ARCTIC REGIONS; BACILLACEAE; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE COMPOSITION; CANADA; CELL WALL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FATTY ACIDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PHYLOGENY; QUINONES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 70350501184     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.002931-0     Document Type: Article

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