Emended descriptions of genera of the family Halobacteriaceae

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 637-642

  Oren, Aharon ^a   Arahal, David R ^b   Ventosa, Antonio ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HALOARCULA; HALOBACTERIUM; HALOBIFORMA; HALOCOCCUS; HALOFERAX; HALORUBRUM; HALOTERRIGENA; NATRIALBA; NATRONORUBRUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY;

BASE COMPOSITION; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HALOBACTERIACEAE; LIPIDS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

HALOARCULA; HALOBACTERIACEAE; HALOBACTERIUM; HALOBIFORMA; HALOCOCCUS; HALOFERAX; HALORUBRUM; HALOTERRIGENA; NATRIALBA; NATRONORUBRUM; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 70350678691     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.008904-0     Document Type: Article

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