Meiothermus granaticius sp. nov., a new slightly thermophilic red-pigmented species from the Azores

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 243-246

  Albuquerque, Luciana ^a   Rainey, Fred A ^b   Nobre, M Fernanda ^c   da Costa, Milton S ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d NONE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Fatty acids; Lipids; Meiothermus; Meiothermus granaticius sp. nov.

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; GLYCOLIPID; RIBOSOME RNA; BACTERIAL DNA; LIPID; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAIN; LIPID COMPOSITION; MEIOTHERMUS GRANATICIUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANISM; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL SPRING; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE AEROBIC RODS AND COCCI; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PIGMENTATION;

AZORES; BASE COMPOSITION; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE AEROBIC RODS AND COCCI; LIPIDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTATION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TEMPERATURE;

MEIOTHERMUS;

EID: 77954385544     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: 16180984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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