Leifsonia lichenia sp. nov., isolated from lichen in Japan

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 339-343

  An, Sun Young ^a   Xiao, Tian ^a   Yokota, Akira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Leifsonia lichenia sp. nov.

Indexed keywords

2,4 DIAMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; CYTOSINE; FATTY ACID; GUANINE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; RNA 16S;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONTENT; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENUS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; JAPAN; LEIFSONIA LICHENIA; LICHENS; LIPID COMPOSITION; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMY;

ACTINOMYCETALES; AEROBIOSIS; AMINOBUTYRIC ACIDS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE COMPOSITION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; JAPAN; LICHENS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ACTINOBACTERIA; LEIFSONIA; LEIFSONIA POAE; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 73349143580     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: 13498037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.55.339     Document Type: Article

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