Virgibacillus salinus sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium from sediment of a saline lake

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3068-3073

  Carrasco, I J ^a   Marquez M C ^a   Ventosa, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHEMOTAXONOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; SALT LAKE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIRGIBACILLUS CARMONENSIS; VIRGIBACILLUS KOREENSIS; VIRGIBACILLUS SALINUS;

BACILLACEAE; CHINA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FRESH WATER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

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

EID: 72149090125     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.009530-0     Document Type: Article

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